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also ay
1
as in always
on every relevant occasion
I aye thought that she was the loveliest woman I ever laid eyes on
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2
as in forever
for all time
a friendship that will aye endure
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also ay
as in yes
used to express agreement
aye, you're right about that
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also ay
as in yea
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Recent Examples of aye
June 24,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
National topic, local debate Avon Township’s resolution passed with four ayes and an abstaining vote from Supervisor Michele Bauman.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Yet to the researchers’ surprise, the aye-ayes had no problem locating the target areas.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Despite councilmembers broadly disavowing the contents of the social media posts Martinez shared, a previous attempt to censure Martinez with an urgency ordinance on Jan. 6 failed with a 2-5 vote, Zepeda and Brown the two ayes.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
With Cornyn not on the floor, the vote for more than 25 minutes was stuck at 56 ayes and 40 nays, with three other GOP senators, Rick Scott of Florida, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson and Mike Lee of Utah, not voting, for unclear reasons.
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Emily Wilkins,dan Mangan,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Presuming all 53 Senate Republicans vote aye, at least seven Democrats would have to join a bipartisan majority.
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Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
The program is set to expire Dec. 31, 2026, but on Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill out of committee (13 ayes, no nays) that would extend the program, and the same major players from the 2013 legislative session are lobbying again to extend and improve the tax credit.
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Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
The shwe yin aye ($7.99) is more like a refreshing dessert soup, made with sweet sticky rice, firm jelly cubes, coconut, poppy sago pearls and triangles of white bread steeped in coconut milk — cool and fresh.
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Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
The measure passed the Assembly with 62 bipartisan aye votes and now heads to the Senate.
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June 24,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
National topic, local debate Avon Township’s resolution passed with four ayes and an abstaining vote from Supervisor Michele Bauman.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Yet to the researchers’ surprise, the aye-ayes had no problem locating the target areas.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Despite councilmembers broadly disavowing the contents of the social media posts Martinez shared, a previous attempt to censure Martinez with an urgency ordinance on Jan. 6 failed with a 2-5 vote, Zepeda and Brown the two ayes.
—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
With Cornyn not on the floor, the vote for more than 25 minutes was stuck at 56 ayes and 40 nays, with three other GOP senators, Rick Scott of Florida, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson and Mike Lee of Utah, not voting, for unclear reasons.
—
Emily Wilkins,dan Mangan,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
Presuming all 53 Senate Republicans vote aye, at least seven Democrats would have to join a bipartisan majority.
—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
The program is set to expire Dec. 31, 2026, but on Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a bill out of committee (13 ayes, no nays) that would extend the program, and the same major players from the 2013 legislative session are lobbying again to extend and improve the tax credit.
—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
The shwe yin aye ($7.99) is more like a refreshing dessert soup, made with sweet sticky rice, firm jelly cubes, coconut, poppy sago pearls and triangles of white bread steeped in coconut milk — cool and fresh.
—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
3 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aye
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But the solution isn't always a plane ticket.
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Camping doesn’t always entail roughing it.
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Residents, family members and community leaders gathered early Wednesday morning in Surfside to mark five years since the collapse of Champlain Towers South, a tragedy that killed 98 people and forever changed the South Florida community.
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And it’s been seemingly forever since the Jazz were able to put a premium amount of talent on the floor.
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The answer is yes, and the computer proved it, controversially, by checking 1,936 cases in a way no human could realistically verify.
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The strange answer to that is yes, but not really.
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Caltrans has cleaned up the site twice over the past five yeas.
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During his four varsity seasons, Thompson has helped create a championship environment for the Warriors, including an Elite Eight appearance two yeas ago.
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Leaders are constantly in a chronic, sympathetic-dominant state that, if not appropriately managed, can have downstream effects on their cardiovascular health, immune functioning, sleep, and even personal relationships.
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The show follows the titular Shaun, who lives on a quiet British farm with his flock and is constantly trying to add excitement to their quaint lifestyles, often causing trouble for their farmer and the sheepdog Bitzer.
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The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
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As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Went to Monaco on loan in February and has done alright there.
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Rushing has spread his good at-bats out alright.
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The rest, invariably, end up limiting how the rest of the roster functions.
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Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways.
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“Aye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aye. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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