How to Use elective in a Sentence

elective

1 of 2 adjective

• She took three elective courses last term.
• Plastic surgery is elective surgery.
• He's never held an elective office.
• An elective full-body scan can cost up to $5,000.
  — Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
• All elective surgeries have been postponed, the spokesperson said.
  — Celina Tebor, CNN, 8 Jan. 2023
• Still, Kinzinger hasn’t ruled out seeking elective office in the future.
  — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2022
• Congress and elective office should not be a means to enriching oneself.
  — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
• Even an expulsion from elective office wouldn’t cut off a politician’s pension.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• These logjams take up beds that are needed for elective surgeries, which hurts a hospital’s bottom line.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2022
• But those numbers aren't based only on elective cosmetic surgeries.
  — Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
• One of their first steps was the elective CT scan to look for any calcium buildup in the arteries around the heart.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
• Some members may need to reschedule non-urgent appointments and elective surgeries.
  — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
• Each student is required to take a college preparation course and one academic elective course.
  — Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• The curriculum is broken down into core classes and elective courses.
  — Ashley Braun, Health, 26 June 2023
• Most insurance providers still treat fertility as an elective luxury, not a core health need.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• Almost half of the C-sections — 20% of the elective surgeries — were scheduled ahead of time.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
• When in the hospital recently for elective surgery, admissions were up.
  — cleveland, 30 Mar. 2022
• Medtronic’s sales were hurt during the pandemic due to the postponement of elective surgeries.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• Some students will have the option of giving up half their lunch hour to take a music technique class if signing up for an elective class isn’t an option.
  — Joseph Ruzich, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
• How does her request differ from any kind of elective cosmetic surgery that also isn’t covered by insurance?
  — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2023
• Beyond elective office, some Republicans seemed to have had enough.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2022
• All elective surgeries were halted to make room in hospitals for coronavirus patients.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2022
• Teachers were made aware of my condition, and the name elective mutism was ultimately changed to selective mutism.
  — Erin Silvia, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
• But skeptics worry that doctors could put off certain treatments or procedures, such as elective surgeries, in a bid to keep costs down.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• But for elective or urgent procedures, pre-op pregnancy testing is often the standard of care.
  — Trisha Pasricha, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
• Prohibiting the mayor from serving as chair of any elective or appointed board or commission.
  — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2022
• All statewide elective offices are up for grabs as well as 101 state House seats and 25 Senate seats.
  — Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, 19 Mar. 2026
• Patients who have nonurgent appointments and elective surgeries scheduled during a strike day may have those rescheduled.
  — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
• Ricard, who retired from teaching at the school in May, was listed as an elective math strategies teacher on the school website.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
• Now, Boston Children's is delaying some elective surgeries to make room for kids who are acutely ill.
  — Liz Szabo, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022

elective

2 of 2 noun

• She's taking several electives this year.
• Though some choose extra academic time, most move to an elective.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• The class would be an elective that would give them three credits toward their high school diplomas.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• At the time, an elective that Mercy taught was being taken away.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
• Any courses under the new law would be electives, not requirements.
  — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 30 June 2017
• The high school has had to cut so many electives that many seniors leave school early because there are no classes for them.
  — Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2019
• Boys and girls will be separate for most classes save for electives and more advanced coursework.
  — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
• Some students discovered a love for the arts when a new theater elective was offered last school year.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
• Under the law, any courses would be electives, not requirements.
  — Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• But maybe not so tough that Bridges would have passed up being a top-10 pick to finish off some electives.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 15 June 2018
• His lifetime sports classes were among the most popular electives on campus.
  — courant.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• After the vote, the district planned to cut $1 million per year for three years, cuts that should affect electives and class sizes.
  — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
• Fleming students will be able to continue fine arts electives at their new campuses.
  — Claire Partain, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
• Under the proposal, the school would not rank students or give honors credits for electives.
  — USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
• The share of med schools offering geriatrics even as an elective fell from 89% to 71%.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• The district doesn’t have electives or music or art, but teaches a core curriculum and has a tele-social worker.
  — Sunni Bean, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
• Many times, these programs are short-term coding camps or a single semester of computer science as an elective.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Three years ago, the district had to eliminate one elective and currently only offers art and music.
  — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
• Simon said the school aims to integrate robotics in its Gateway to Tech elective in the next year.
  — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
• Her interest in Spanish language and culture started in middle school as an elective.
  — John Ewoldt, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
• Audubon has much to offer, Hardemion said, including an elective in music production, where students craft their own beats and songs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
• The new academy will be the only school in the district to offer a technology elective, Barnes said.
  — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
• The Little Rock School District is among those offering the course as an elective.
  — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2023
• Schools could offer African American history as an elective, but there was no mandate.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• The class, an elective, was open to any undergraduate student at NYU.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
• Now Beaumont is losing about $70 million a month after halting electives in March.
  — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2020
• Lily, who always planned ahead, chose to take a psychology elective, which would strengthen her college applications.
  — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
• Meanwhile, English, once an elective, is now a mandatory course from first grade in several Arab countries.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021
• The course is currently offered at both Cherry Hill high schools -- West and East -- only as an elective.
  — Stephanie Fasano, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2021
• The new African-American history course (an elective that schools will be required to offer) doubles down on this approach.
  — WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021