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Definition of ayenext
variants also ay

aye

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noun

variants also ay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aye
Noun
Ay-ay-ay, my elbow is flaring again. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 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 Last month, the San Francisco central committee resolution passed with 15 aye votes, eight nays and eight abstentions. Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for aye
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aye
Adverb
  • Top Gear has not been on air since 2022, but a return was always likely, given the BBC Studios franchise is too big to leave in the garage.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Winter Park High School athletic director Charlie Battaglini said the city of Winter Park, with a proud link to its schools, has always played a big role in the Wildcats’ record-setting stack of state all-sports championships.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • This reckoning between mother and son will forever change the meaning of their relationship.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Your light will be something the world will search forever to find again.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The answer is yes, but only when PREVENT risk is classified as borderline or intermediate.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Answer anything other than yes, and the system returns your call to the 911 queue for a human call-taker.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There have been a couple of voluntary buyouts during the past 25 yeas.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
  • And on July 2, after the arrival of British forces in New York lent the proceedings new urgency, Congress did, in fact, declare independence—with a vote of 12 yeas, 0 nays, and 1 abstention.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
Adverb
  • Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.
    Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This is because the material that serves as the building blocks for planets is constantly escaping the swirling platters of gas and dust, or protoplanetary disks, that wrap around infant stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Betancur lost $65,000 the week Border Protection agents arrived, and five former employees with working papers left Charlotte permanently out of fear, while many immigrant customers have not returned.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Versatile full-back Joao Cancelo, meanwhile, has joined permanently after mutually terminating his contract at Al Hilal — following his second loan spell at Barca last season.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Matthew McConaughey hopes that Woody Harrelson has a more than alright, alright, alright 65th birthday.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
  • And in new data released this week from the Ronald Reagan Institute, there are very clear warnings that the kids aren’t alright with MAGA.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2026
Adverb
  • Wealth in excess of $10 million is invariably invested and should easily make more than a 5% return.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • And what’s bad for these workers is invariably bad for the multinational companies that rely on their labor.
    Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Aye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aye. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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