Example Sentences

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Today Americans across the country shall peel apart the pages of their local newspaper to read the day’s biggest headline: “Canada Elects New Prime Minister.”

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2025

Voter turnout was 40.5% in the London mayoral election, down 1.5% overall from 2021, London Elects has announced.

From BBC • May 3, 2024

Go back in time: “Delaware Elects Youngest U.S. Senator,” The Times reported in 1972.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Sunday, according to the Europe Elects Twitter feed, Seine-Saint-Denis’s turnout was the lowest in the nation at 45 percent.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

Elects its own Speaker and all other officers; impeaches State officers, and prosecutes them before the Senate.

From Civil Government of Virginia by Fox, William Fayette