How to Use ombudsman in a Sentence

ombudsman

noun
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  • The town's ombudsman said he would look into charges of corruption.
  • The insurance company's ombudsman was able to resolve the problem.
  • The ombudsman hasn’t yet replied to a CNN request for comment.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • As far as staying safe, be in touch with your ombudsman.
    — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 31 July 2020
  • The bribes, swag and cozy ties that the ombudsman’s report highlighted.
    — Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Under Scott, there have been five ombudsmen in six years.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • But that doesn't fit with the ombudsman's legal duties, Wells said.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The ombudsman's office redacted the name of the people who complained.
    — Molly Harbarger, OregonLive.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Hess, the ombudsman, said in a phone call on Thursday that three people have complained to his office about the T-shirt.
    — Lex Treinen, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022
  • That led to the creation of an ombudsman to field reports of misconduct.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Fred Steele, the state’s long-term care ombudsman, said the state should provide the information.
    — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The public records ombudsman would then review the request, review the records and make a ruling.
    — al, 10 Jan. 2020
  • His father was a lawyer and professor and his mother an ombudsman for the city.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The Carolina Ramírez is just as brutal, the ombudsman says.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The independent ombudsman will serve for two years, but the term can be renewed.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The case wound up before the Santa Cruz children’s ombudsman.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The head of the ombudsman’s office, Dr. Doris Liebscher, hailed the move as a step forward for gender equality in the city.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But Ms. Spayd, who serves as a sort of ombudsman for the paper, is accurately...
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Being an ombudsman is one of the most fulfilling aspects of my life.
    — Iliana Hernandez, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The Senate has an ombudsman who reports to the ethics committee.
    — Jess Bidgood, Miriam Jordan and Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Amy Smith, the property's director of nursing, wrote to the state's long-term care ombudsman on Dec. 3.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2019
  • He was stripped of his post as ombudsman by the State Duma in March 1995 because of his outspoken criticism of the war.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The ombudsman will launch an investigation of the breach next week.
    — Rod McGuirk, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The truck was sold at auction while the bus was crushed, according to the report from deputy ombudsman Betsy Eisses.
    — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2018
  • When the law journal decided to add an ombudsman, the editor in chief chose Williams.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Curtin called the Alabama Department of Public Health and the long-term care ombudsman.
    — al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The writer should look into contacting the ombudsman for the nursing home.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The athlete ombudsman should be made accountable only to the athlete council, not the USOC.
    — Steven Sexton, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Citing a recent survey of direct care workers, Nicole Marchesi, who works in the ombudsman’s office, said increasing staff ratios could help prevent burnout and turnover.
    — Rose Lundy, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In 2006, the police ombudsman for Northern Ireland released results of an investigation that found no evidence Jean had been an informant for the British.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024

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