Presidency vs Postpresidential - What's the difference?
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The office or role of president.
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, passage=The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington.}}
The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
Of or occurring in the period following a person's presidency
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, passage=Until just recently, when he began to cart them back, they were all stacked in Mr. Baker’s barn: piles of Churchill; of Herbert Hoover’s postpresidential papers; war records, biographies, letters, diaries. }}
As a noun presidency
is the office or role of president.As an adjective postpresidential is
of or occurring in the period following a person's presidency.presidency
English
Noun
(presidencies)- After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency .
citation
- Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.
- In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
- Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.
postpresidential
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Adjective
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