How to Use veep in a Sentence

veep

noun
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  • This, to quote former veep Joe Biden, is a big f’in deal.
    — Jada Prather, The Root, 15 Feb. 2018
  • McCain shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, put his hand atop the veep’s.
    — Ben Terris, sacbee, 28 July 2017
  • That’s how zero the odds are of Sanders being anyone’s veep.
    — Richard Morgan, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Civil rights leader and the veep’s sister, Maya Harris, takes the reins this month.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 25 Feb. 2021
  • His highest-profile client is Pence – and Ayers remains a deputy to the veep.
    — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 29 June 2017
  • The most generous reading is the veep is old-fashioned.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 26 June 2019
  • The veep can’t just be a ticket balancer or an afterthought.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • For now, the former veep’s supporters should shout this slogan: Make Biden Awake Again.
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Few cultural shifts have been as seismic as the one that occurred in the veep’s office since Biden moved into the White House.
    — Molly Jong-Fast, Vogue, 3 May 2021
  • But a president has less wiggle room than a senator or even a veep.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Frequent date nights at trendsetting restaurants might be followed by burgers with the veep or a head of state.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
  • And veep pick Kamala Harris was promoting these groups as well.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
  • But when he was picked by Trump, her facade dropped and she was revealed to be one of the biggest Trump supporters in the former veep’s inner circle.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 19 July 2024
  • Read more about the veep’s visit, including what other goodies Brown Sugar sent home with her.
    — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Though Bey has not given Harris her official thumbs up, her mother, Tina Knowles, joined a group of stars giving the veep’s run their stamp of approval.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 July 2024
  • Pence is a regular on the Hill, and not just to break ties in the Senate – the veep’s only real constitutional power.
    — Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2017
  • But thanks to Biden’s age — 80 — she’s had to quiet those concerns earlier and more often than previous veeps.
    — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Here is Biden, the loyal veep to the most popular figure in the Democratic Party, unable to fill a room without the artful arrangement of chairs and lectern.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • But the right-leaning Michael Ramirez, a two-time Pulitzer winner syndicated by Creators, sees the outgoing veep though a more cutting lens.
    — Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2017
  • American Pharoah was in the news earlier this week, aside from his encounter with the veep, because a filly yearling of his sold for a record $8.2 million Wednesday.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2019
  • There's been a lot of veep buzz around Abrams, who served as minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives.
    — Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The former veep, and his lack of ardent online fandom, are also a direct result of his politics.
    — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Both parties are bragging that their veep contenders will wax the other in a debate, arguing the other doesn't have the brain power or experience to help the top of the ticket.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • The candidate is set to announce his veep pick in Oakland, California, on March 26, according to the campaign.
    — Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Selina Meyer is lending her support to a fellow former veep.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Her name has been floated in connection with everything from the Senate to the presidency, though the most likely bet in the short term appears to be the veep spot on the 2020 Democratic ticket.
    — Fortune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Stories in recent days suggested that Dem party leadership was coalescing around the idea that the smoothest path forward would be for the party to rally around the veep.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2024
  • In mid-August, the editorial page went out of its way to praise the former veep’s drill-baby-drill energy policy.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Former President Obama makes his fundraising debut for his former veep, Joe Biden, with an online event.
    — David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2020
  • Your day will likely be spent with speculation about which veep candidate can pull swing state votes, complete with polls and pundit predictions.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024

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