seconder

Example Sentences

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Any potential replacements for Ozanne on ESC will need a proposer and a seconder from the floor and, if there is an election, they will face questions from their colleagues about ESC's mandate.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Leadership candidates need the support of eight fellow Tory MPs - a proposer, a seconder and six others.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2022

The era of American domination is over, declared Ian Poulter this week, and he found a seconder for that motion in Nick Faldo, the last Englishman to win an Open.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2010

For a seconder of his nomination, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, sister of Lady Astor, was suggested.

From Time Magazine Archive

My mother pictured a daughter as a counterinsurgent: a fellow lover of lapdogs, a seconder of proposals to attend the Ice Capades.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides