State of the Union address

noun phrase

: a yearly speech given by the U.S. President to Congress and the people to tell them about important things that are affecting the country

Examples of State of the Union address in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Beckett and Stone were previously hired by Sanders' office to help with advance planning on her gubernatorial inauguration and the 2023 GOP response to the State of the Union address. —

Libby Cathey, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024 In his State of the Union address last month, Biden revived a proposal to reverse the corporate tax rate cut that Trump and congressional Republicans passed in 2017 by raising the rate from 21% to 28%. —

Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 Cable outlets saw their share of viewing rise in March for the first time in months, thanks to March Madness and the annual State of the Union address. —

Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024 In 2020, an average of 68 million people watched the Biden-Trump debates, far outstripping audiences for political conventions or a State of the Union address. —

Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 The drop is largely driven by Democrats concerned about Biden's appeal, poll director Charles Franklin said, and has increased since the president's State of the Union address. —

Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024 Biden, in his State of the Union address on March 7, announces plans to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast to enable deliveries by sea. —

Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 Jost also addressed how Trump suggested that Biden was on cocaine during his State of the Union address last month–the same speech where Biden’s performance was widely seen as refuting right-wing criticisms of the president as lacking stamina. —

William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024 After the plan was announced by President Biden during his State of the Union address in March, the Pentagon suggested the pier could be in use for several months. —

Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024

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