electing

verb

present participle of elect
as in selecting
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I've elected to study French as my foreign language

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Recent Examples of electing California was once hailed as a model for curbing the power of special interests and electing moderates. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Their second drive was hurt by a false start on Brandon Parker before a fourth-and-1 attempt, which led to Kyle Shanahan electing to punt. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The day started positively for the hosts, with skipper Pat Cummins winning the toss and electing to bat. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The opposition Fidesz party said ​it would not participate in the process of electing the president, and accused Tisza of authoritarian policies, allegations which ​Tisza denied. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 The District 6-4A Division II Executive Committee did not rule on the matter, electing to refer it directly to the UIL SEC for review. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 Masterson will aim to capitalize on Kansas’ decades-long tradition of trading off executive power between Republican and Democratic governors without electing candidates of the same party consecutively. — Carrie Rengers, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 But electing new leadership without changing the culture allows the same system to persist under a different name. — Alaina Hampton, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Rookie right-hander Trevor McDonald will definitively miss the remainder of this season and then some, electing to undergo UCL reconstruction surgery that could cost him the entire 2027 season. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for electing
  1. selecting
  2. choosing
  3. picking
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  • These are anonymous and set up similar to a dating profile, with users selecting their preference in letter types (short and casual versus longer and conversational) and answering one of a handful of prompts to get a conversation starting.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Operators increasingly weigh automation, operating costs and pilot workload when selecting aircraft.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of selecting
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  • Reports had previously spread about Flick choosing another La Masia pearl in Jordi Pesquer.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Mourinho kept him on until the 79th minute, choosing instead to replace Bernardo and Guler in the 63rd minute, even though both appeared to have more energy left in the tank than Bellingham.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of choosing
Verb
  • Another help has been picking different parts of the ball to hit, Stott said — aiming toward the bottom when facing sinkerballers and the top against four-seam throwers.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The idea is that as an operator mimes picking up a pile of rocks, the arm would generate a force in response, as if the operator could feel the heaviness of the rocks, confirming that the excavator is indeed picking them up.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of picking

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