How to Use quorum in a Sentence

quorum

noun
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  • We need five people to make a quorum.
  • In fact, hasn't had a quorum for much of the last year.
    — CBS News, 10 June 2020
  • The proxy votes were used to achieve a quorum for the meeting.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
  • For the past four months, the CFB could not function due to lack of a quorum.
    — Robert Moilanen, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The House plans to check for a quorum at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
  • The 63 members present were fewer than the quorum of 84.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Were able to break the filibuster, get a quorum and vote.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As of Friday, the House has still been unable to reach a quorum.
    — Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • That vote took place but the committee did not have a quorum.
    — Marc Caputo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The city charter says that two-thirds of the council is needed for a quorum.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • Stutes said the House lacked a quorum to conduct business.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
    — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • That brought the total number to the required two-thirds of members present for a quorum.
    — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The Democrats’ flight from the Capitol to an East Austin church denied a quorum and killed the elections measure.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 6 July 2021
  • The quorum percentage decreased over the next few months.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
  • If a quorum of four were present, state law would have required the meetings to be held in public.
    — Lance Williams By, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2021
  • On Monday, the House, which is still a few members shy of a quorum, issued the call for a second time.
    — James BarragÁn, Chron, 10 Aug. 2021
  • That would leave just two of the five members voting on the deal, short of the quorum required in the nonprofit’s bylaws.
    — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The commission would still have a quorum of three members to have a meeting.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • No quorum, so all board members were given a one-year term.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The appeals board had been without quorum for some time and her case has been languishing, the ACLU said.
    — NBC News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • So when a quorum returned to the Senate floor on June 15, hundreds of bills were ready for final votes.
    — oregonlive, 25 June 2023
  • The pro-Wilson board members counted Wilson as a board member to get to a quorum and passed the deal.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Both issues died in the House last month after Democrats broke quorum through a walkout.
    — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 25 June 2021
  • The House had a quorum as of 6:13 p.m. local time after several more Democrats returned to the floor.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The requirement is two-thirds of all present and voting when a quorum is present, not two-thirds of all the senators.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The House adjourned early because of a lack of a quorum after the walkout.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 10 June 2021
  • There are still four vacancies, but with five governors, the board now has a quorum for the first time since 2014.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • With only nine members the commission is unable to muster the quorum of at least 10 as set by state law.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But a Democratic source questioned that, noting that the Broward party has lacked a quorum at four straight meetings in the past year as bylaws require for any endorsement action, and that less than 80% of its precinct committee positions are filled.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024

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