: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
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the mayor of New York
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The budget provides $185 million for the mayor’s Inside Safe program, which has moved more than 2,700 people into hotels, motels and other forms of temporary or permanent housing.
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
But the City Council with its vote Wednesday ventured boldly into a contracting authority that lies squarely in the mayor’s domain.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
But the City Council with its vote Wednesday ventured boldly into a contracting authority that lies squarely in the mayor’s domain.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024
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“Mayor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayor. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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ˈmā-ər, ˈmer 
: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
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