elect
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Appeared in the December 15, 2025, print edition as 'Chile Set to Elect Right-Wing Leader'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
On this latest visit he also managed a photo with the US Vice President Elect, JD Vance.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024
After the Democrat’s victory became clear, The Times owner posted a message on social media: “Congratulations President-Elect Biden and Vice-President Elect Harris. Historic day. Now time for our nation to heal. #PresidentElect #AmericaDecides.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
In 2012 it was called Americans Elect, and in 2008 it was Unity08.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2024
There was too much singing, and she didn’t see how even the Elect could survive for very long the celestial laziness which was promised.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing elect
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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