How to Use balloting in a Sentence

balloting

noun
  • The Dodgers edged the Braves among the players surveyed, with those two clubs in a league of their own in the balloting.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • D'Antoni was fifth in the Coach of the Year balloting announced on Monday.
    Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2018
  • Bellinger got 19 of 30 first-place votes in NL balloting.
    Jake Seiner, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • On the day’s second round of balloting - the 13th this week - Jordan got six votes.
    Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • In the last five years, Ramirez has finished second once, third twice and sixth once in the balloting.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The Sox did not have any finalists for the All-Star team starter balloting.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • Cy Young balloting and a third-place finish for Rookie of the Year.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Maybe Democrats will make more gains here in the late balloting than elsewhere.
    New York Times, 6 June 2018
  • No Padre, after all, came close to a top spot in fan balloting.
    Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • Not all-stars who are among the top five vote-getters in the WNBA fan balloting.
    Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • The most important games should have the most impact on the balloting.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2020
  • The election and the recount are boiling down to the kind of balloting that drew protests from Trump and his allies: mail-in votes.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
  • The Heat continue to play from behind on fan balloting for the All-Star Game.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Atlanta Braves were elected from the first round of balloting as the top vote-getters in their leagues.
    Ronald Blum, Chron, 9 July 2022
  • The attack, on the eve of elections, is the latest violence ahead of the balloting.
    Abdul Sattar, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2018
  • Youngkin went on to defeat McAuliffe in last week's balloting.
    Meg Kinnard, Chron, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Alabama is only the second team to have three of the top five in the balloting, joining the 1946 Army team.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 5 Jan. 2021
  • More than 1,800 clerks in cities, towns and villages oversee the balloting.
    ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Of note: Acuña became the first Braves player to lead in fan balloting since Dale Murphy in 1985.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • There is some confusion out there about the Hall of Fame balloting.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Labour had the lead in all public opinion polls before the balloting.
    Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The top two vote-getters in the first round of balloting, which ends Thursday, advance to a final round.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 June 2023
  • Heat guard Tyler Herro is not among the top 10 in East backcourt balloting.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In the first update, Diggs ranked fifth in the overall balloting.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2021
  • McDavid received four of the 18 first-place votes and wound up second overall in the balloting.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Atlanta Braves already were elected from the first round of balloting as the top vote-getters in their leagues.
    Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2022
  • In that case, the top two vote getters would advance to a second round of balloting in August.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 17 June 2024
  • Frey led the pack early on, but came in second behind Nezhad in the final round of balloting, earning 40% of the votes.
    Faiza Mahamud, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • Plascencia said there was no need for further balloting.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
  • If no clear choice has emerged after three days, balloting is suspended for 24 hours to allow cardinal electors time to reflect.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 7 May 2025

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