veto-proof

adjective

ve·​to-proof ˈvē-(ˌ)tō-ˌprüf How to pronounce veto-proof (audio)
: having enough potential votes to be enacted over a veto or to override vetoes consistently
a veto-proof bill

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Republicans had control of the state government, with a GOP governor and veto-proof supermajorities in the House and Senate. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025 Beshear approved more tax cuts last year, but there was speculation that the GOP’s veto-proof majority in the state legislature was a factor. Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 The state House is one seat short of a veto-proof majority, and no Democrats voted for the anti-DEI bills, The Associated Press reported. Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 4 July 2025 The high point of his tenure was the 2018 midterm elections, when California Democrats flipped seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and won back a veto-proof supermajority in the state Legislature. Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for veto-proof

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First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of veto-proof was in 1972

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“Veto-proof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veto-proof. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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