as in chooses
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 elects
Now the Red Sox are expected to lose another productive hitter — albeit one who never got a chance to swing the bat at Fenway Park this season — if outfielder Trayce Thompson elects free agency.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Thai parliament elects new PM Thailand has its third prime minister in a year after Anutin Charnvirakul breezed through a parliamentary vote.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
What emerged from those interviews was a portrait of a region grappling with its own political identity in a state that elects conservative politicians but passes progressive-leaning policies.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Coming off this success, Dijon’s latest album, Baby, admirably elects to reinvent rather than capitalize on a sound only just now breaking through.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Thai parliament elects new PM Thailand has its third prime minister in a year after Anutin Charnvirakul breezed through a parliamentary vote.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
What emerged from those interviews was a portrait of a region grappling with its own political identity in a state that elects conservative politicians but passes progressive-leaning policies.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Coming off this success, Dijon’s latest album, Baby, admirably elects to reinvent rather than capitalize on a sound only just now breaking through.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elects
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Able to move upward only as far as the elevator rises, then quickly plunged to earth again, the elevator worker chooses to end his trials.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ira Wertenteil chooses to believe the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion has no ghostly grudge against him.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Once the human in the loop selects the option the team prefers, the systems can assign tasks to agents that underlay SAP’s assistant.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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On the left wing, Charlton selects a rather more famous winger, Paco Gento.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Peruse our top picks for the best straight-leg jeans on the market, with tons of style options to fit your own aesthetic sensibilities.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Recent research finds a similar curse afflicts National Football League teams that compete to acquire one of the top picks in its annual draft of new players.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Elects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elects. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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