elect

Example Sentences

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A bottom-up model that engages both citizens and elected officials forms the foundation of the project.

From Science Daily

The news was met with celebration by local elected officials and community volunteers who tracked the agents’ movements on and off the base since last summer.

From Los Angeles Times

Only seven women were elected, although a further 50 seats in parliament reserved for women will be named from party lists.

From Barron's

Of the 350 seats in Bangladesh's parliament, 300 are elected and the remaining 50 are reserved for women who are nominated by political parties in proportion to their electoral performance.

From BBC

In November 1990, he was elected Poland’s president, the first man to attain that office by democratic means in more than seven decades, and the first electrician ever to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal