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
Perhaps if Bichette elects to take a shorter deal with opt-outs, similar to the contracts signed by Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, and Cody Bellinger in recent offseasons, the Jays could make things work for a year.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The committee voted 8-3 to suggest that when a family elects to wait, then the vaccination series should begin when the child is 2 months old.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
This method also rarely elects a weak or fringe candidate and typically elects a candidate near the electorate’s ideological center.
—Andy Schultz, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
That being said, the school has a contingency plan if Kiffin ultimately elects to take his coaching talents elsewhere.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Monetary penalties for non-compliance, which will apply to both the inbound air carrier and any other eligible party that elects to be the ACAS filer, are $5,000 for each violation up to a maximum of $100,000 per aircraft arrival.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
Kinne elects to let the clock run out, and the Bobcats enter halftime up big.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
Continue reading … BADGE EXODUS – Houston police union recruits 'disgusted' NYPD officers after New York City elects Mamdani.
—FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 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
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The committee voted 8-3 to suggest that when a family elects to wait, then the vaccination series should begin when the child is 2 months old.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
This method also rarely elects a weak or fringe candidate and typically elects a candidate near the electorate’s ideological center.
—Andy Schultz, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
That being said, the school has a contingency plan if Kiffin ultimately elects to take his coaching talents elsewhere.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Monetary penalties for non-compliance, which will apply to both the inbound air carrier and any other eligible party that elects to be the ACAS filer, are $5,000 for each violation up to a maximum of $100,000 per aircraft arrival.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
Kinne elects to let the clock run out, and the Bobcats enter halftime up big.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
Continue reading … BADGE EXODUS – Houston police union recruits 'disgusted' NYPD officers after New York City elects Mamdani.
—FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elects
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In this world, inflation isn’t a bug, but a feature of how the Fed chooses to balance the crisis.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Directors chooses three candidates from their district to create the 21-member cohort, who will learn about the local water system and the agency’s projects through webinars and tours of water infrastructure.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
4 Jan. 2026
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His firm often selects stone floors for beach houses or lake houses, where water, sand and dirt are likely to be tracked through the space.—
Mary Grace Granados
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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In an attempt to remedy that, the TIME photo department every year selects the ten images that made us, first, pause…then dig a little deeper into what went into bringing that image to your eyes.—
TIME Photo Department,
Time,
23 Dec. 2025
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The robot picks unsorted bearing rings and places them onto a buffer table.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Our top picks start at $16, with some even on sale, too.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Elects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elects. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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