as in optional
subject to one's freedom of choice
a plastic surgeon who mainly does face-lifting and other kinds of elective surgery
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as in refresher
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as in option
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Recent Examples of elective
Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
That’s when students are choosing math tracks, picking electives, and developing habits.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Yet Harris discovered that being a good soldier doesn’t necessarily help when the vice president is contending for the highest elective office in the land.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Meanwhile, Camp Joli starts from €1,999 (about $2,350) for accommodations, meals (prepared by a private chef), and electives.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
That’s when students are choosing math tracks, picking electives, and developing habits.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Noun
But those numbers aren't based only on elective cosmetic surgeries.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Yet Harris discovered that being a good soldier doesn’t necessarily help when the vice president is contending for the highest elective office in the land.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elective
Adjective
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But our skin tones aren’t optional features.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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An optional vintage car tour through the historic center of Turin and a lunch at the storied Ristorante del Cambio will be offered the next day.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For instance, our little ones could almost always use a refresher on numbers, animals, and the classic nursery rhymes kids have been singing for generations.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
17 Oct. 2025
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For those readers who weren’t alive at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre (or need a refresher), in the spring of 1989, university students began camping out and protesting in Tiananmen Square, the central square in Beijing, China’s capital.—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Shop early to secure your Christmas tree for less, and keep scrolling to see more on-sale options at Amazon starting at $33.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the plush option that just comes with down clusters, the mid-plush and firm densities are down cluster and feather pillows.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Rockets, who surprisingly finished second in the West behind Oklahoma City last season, were dealt a tough blow over the summer, though, when point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the season to a torn ACL suffered during a voluntary workout.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Wegmans Food Markets issued a voluntary recall of six varieties of cheesecake on September 26 because of undeclared pecans.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Driver has previously spoken about his character's arc having morphed into something else over the course of making the trilogy Driver was involved in.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Amazon things, of course—from Alexa to Ring camera services.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dohnányi also attended Leonard Bernstein’s conducting seminar at Tanglewood.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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The market aims to foster international co-productions and content business development through seminars, project markets, pitch contests and networking opportunities.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At Giordano’s mental health clinics, her practitioners and administrative staff members were unable to validate clients’ insurance information because the online clearinghouse for that information wasn’t working.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Nugget was found abandoned with several other older (6-9 month old) kittens outside of an emergency animal clinic.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One that’s without obvious world class centre-backs in the absence of Gleison Bremer.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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One of the hallmarks of La Revue du monde noir was its focus on global liberation for all people, regardless of race, nationality, gender, or class.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Elective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elective. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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