elect
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He told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he hopes Mr. Obama will join him on the trail: “His presence here in Michigan would mean so much to the coalition that helped elect him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The portal will allow customers to elect to receive their payment via Zelle, Venmo, PayPal or a physical check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
On Nov. 3, voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and Senate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 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
You may, however, elect to name the plant otherwise.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It’s one thing when a business elects to lock its doors, as Chick-fil-A does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
Each region elects seven members using a form of proportional representation.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
"We should have a model where we have broader people elected to it who can feed in all those issues into a Yorkshire-wide parliament. That, to me, is only a good thing," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Times: Who is the best elected official in the history of L.A.?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
He was elected to the House in 1986 and in 1994 won a seat in the Senate, where he served until 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Look at anyone who holds high elected office.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Unaccustomed to democracy, many Germans had little faith in their president and elected Reichstag.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
In 2026, your mother can contribute up to $95,000 in one go by electing to front-load five years of annual gift-tax exclusions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
They were also electing 226 seats in parliament.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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
Top leaders of the main Palestinian political faction, Fatah, are electing its highest decision-making body, at its first major conference in a decade.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
One morning in Mirebalais, they both skipped church, electing instead to watch the heavy downpour from Père Lafontant’s empty rectory.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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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