- a variation of yay.
yea
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Congress is crying out for a dedicated White House ambassador—someone who can be trusted to speak for the president, to yea or nay ideas, to shuttle proposals, to wrangle rebels in line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The shares are up around 20% this yea, while the world’s largest crypto is up 9.7% in 2026.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
“I was like, yea, I think you should go for guitar, dude,” says Alex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
Born in 1970, he grew up in poverty as one of eight children in China's north-eastern Shandong Province, according to a profile published in The New Yorker last yea, externalr.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
It may be some Ages hence, a voyage to the Southern unknown Tracts, yea possibly the Moon, will not be more strange then one to America.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The support or abstention of all regional parties in the second vote would bring more yeas, but Sanchez needs to negotiate each deal separately.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
In the 40 yeas Roger has been taking pictures of miners, attitudes towards coal have shifted and there has been a move towards greener energy.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2023
With $1.5 billion in ticket sales, “Top Gun: Maverick” helped bring moviegoers — especially older, more hesitant moviegoers — back to theaters after two-plus yeas of pandemic.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
When the yeas prevailed, there was bipartisan applause, as if a particularly hostile foreign adversary had been defeated.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The motion was lost by a vote of 16 yeas and 26 nays.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt
