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How to use the word vacate in a Sentence?

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Once I realized that was going on, my first thought is that we need to vacate. We have Uvalde Police Department/Reuters contained – and I know this is horrible and I know it’s [ what ] our training tells us to do but – we have Uvalde Police Department/Reuters contained, there’s probably going to be some deceased in there, but we do n’t need any more from out here.

Chief Pete Arredondo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The documents were discovered when the President’s personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., the President periodically used this space from mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign. On the day of this discovery, November 2, 2022, the White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning.

Richard Sauber

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice regarding the discovery of what appear to be Obama-Biden Administration records, including a small number of documents with classified markings, the documents were discovered when the President’s personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. The President periodically used this space from mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign. On the day of this discovery, November 2, 2022, the White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning.

Richard Sauber

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m against the rules for a couple different reasons. One is the cut in defense spending, I think that’s an absolutely terrible idea, the other is the vacate the chair. I mean I don’t want to see us every two months be in lockdown.

Tony Gonzalez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We've seen it. But I think we're willing to go along with these concessions on the motion to vacate ultimately, if it means that the conference unifies behind Kevin.

Mike Lawler

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We have a large list of rules changes that we want to see adopted, the more changes that are adopted to empower members, the less important the motion to vacate the chair becomes. But the more power that is centralized in leadership and the speaker's office, the more important the motion to vacate becomes.

Scott Perry

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Sowing discord among our Men & Women over individual philosophical perceptions, religious or otherwise, will not be tolerated within my ranks. Grow up or vacate.

Troy Nikolaos

added by tcwn1889
2 years ago

Bill Cosby has vehemently proclaimed Bill Cosby innocence and continues to deny all allegations made against Bill Cosby, as being false, without the sheer evidence of any proof. Today, Bill Cosby continues to remain hopeful that the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court will issue an opinion to vacate Bill Cosby conviction or warrant Bill Cosby a new trial.

Andrew Wyatt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day National Guard while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, Capitol Police did not instruct National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities.

Yogananda Pittman

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day itself while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, the United States Capitol police did not instruct theNationalGuardto vacate the Capitol Building facilities.

Yogananda Pittman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I've become adept at persuading - read 'bribing' - the children to vacate 'work HQ' when I jump on client or other confidential calls.

Dominic Epton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This Court should vacate Roof's convictions and death sentence.

Dylann Roof

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It has been my great honor to serve this nation and lead this nation almost for eight years ... unfortunately politics in PNG plays out this way, for the interests of the ongoing political stability and to ensure that we create confidence in the business community and the economy so that we can continue to have social unity in the country, it is important that I vacate this seat so that we can be able to move on.

Peter O'Neill

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I've never said anything about going in July of this year, i do feel that now is a time in which momentous events are taking place and there are great issues to be resolved and in those circumstances, it doesn't seem to me sensible to vacate the chair.

John Bercow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I do feel that now is a time in which momentous events are taking place and there are great issues to be resolved and in those circumstances, it doesn't seem to me sensible to vacate the chair.

John Bercow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It seems to me like I should be provided with, you know, 30 days or so, because generally you get 30 days after you're found, you know, to have to vacate the premises, so I'm expecting something like that. But realistically, if that's not the case, I don't know.

Michael Rotondo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We made this deal with the lower courts that we would vacate the premises within 14 days of the Supreme Court decision, from the very beginning we have promised to exhaust every avenue of appeal available to us and we have now done that.

Jon Rogers

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This is directed at that knucklehead who, when asked by a courteous person to vacate a seat, refuses to do so.

Joel Keller

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have repeatedly warned them to vacate for their own safety but none of them heeded our call.

Saidi Meck Sadiki

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are going to wait for recommendations from the (Athletics Kenya) executive. Non-elected people cannot decide our fate. It’s clear, only elected officials can ask one to vacate the office.

Isaiah Kiplagat

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have to remember everything in the House and everything in Congress is about checks and balances, we have two houses of Congress for that reason. We have three branches of government for that reason, and one of the reasons that every board has the freedom to vacate (the chair).

Raul Labrador

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm not going to support a 'vacate the chair' until we got somebody I think can do a better job than Boehner, there's no point throwing Boehner out until there is somebody to replace him.

Blake Farenthold

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The WBO World Championship Committee is allowed no other alternative but to cease to recognize Mr. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the WBO Welterweight Champion of the World and vacate his title, for failing to comply with our WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests.

The WBO

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Whenever we receive new credible information that may exonerate a person, the responsibility is on us, as prosecutors, to re-examine the facts and, if appropriate, to seek to vacate a wrongful conviction.

District Attorney Jackie Lacey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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