elect
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Buyers can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Without equal citizenship, equal voting rights, and equal opportunity to elect representatives of one’s choice, republican government was an impossibility.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Voters elect representatives to the 547-member parliament and the party that secures at least 274 seats earns the right to form the next government to lead the country for the next five years.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
New Jersey tends to elect Democratic governors while Texas has elected Republicans for decades.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Instead, she said, “I’m working on the campaign to elect Shirley Chisholm to be the first black congresswoman.”
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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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