elect
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Of course I’m talking about Fat Bear Week, the annual event in which people elect — well, yes, the fattest bear.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Keep in mind that you don’t have to elect net unrealized appreciation on all of your shares.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“If you want to elect someone knowing they have someone that’s connected, it’s the voters’ choice,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
That will remain an issue whether he remains at Chelsea or Manchester City elect to revive their interest and attempt to reunite him with his former manager Enzo Maresca before deadline day on 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He walked as if he were in the company of the elect, so that even Mrs. Cobb would have had to stretch to find something to remark on.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Agnes Forsthoffer, the speaker of parliament, is temporarily serving as head of state until parliament elects a new president.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Each Texas county elects its own slate of local officials, which is why state law requires voters to register where they live.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Fed’s rate-setting body, the Federal Open Market Committee, elects its own chair every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“It is incredible, Monsieur. All the world elects to travel tonight!”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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The son of Greek immigrants who settled in Bristol, Conn., “Kosta,” as he is known, became a lawyer and was elected in 1992 as a Democrat to represent Bristol in the statehouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He laid out an affordability plan, which he refers to as “Califordable,” that he would prioritize if elected governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
In early 2025, Run For Something, an organization that recruits and trains progressive millennial and Gen Z candidates for state and local office, launched an initiative that aims to get more renters elected.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
All 435 members of the House - the lower chamber of Congress - will be elected.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Throughout Adams’s presidency, she claimed, Jefferson had used his position as vice president to undermine the policies of the very man he had been elected to support.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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If the stock trades at $80, that means electing it only on lots with a basis of $16 or less.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Their analysis found that every method for electing a national legislature involves compromises, usually among local representation, national proportionality, and the total number of parliamentary seats.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The endorsement may come with some financial support, with the group saying it has raised some $25 million to fund its goal of electing more doctors and nurses to office between now and 2030.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
In her video, Michelle Bolsonaro recalled how she had built up the women's wing "from scratch", electing over a thousand female leaders, and helping "reduce rejection" of some male candidates.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Does anyone wish to talk quietly and in turn, first about this Milagro Land and Water Protection Association, and second about electing leaders?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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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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