1
as in nos
a vote or decision against something
when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays
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2
as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip
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Noun
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Legal experts say a clear trend is forming due to the number of refusals to indict in such a short time.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Associated Press What To Know The court emphasized that the law underpinning the travel ban does not authorize such visa refusals and declined to defer to the State Department's historical practice, citing Supreme Court precedent limiting agency discretion.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Here, Southern designers weigh in with insights on outdated bedding colors that are hard nos in their book.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And then, 11 days later, the movie will appear in theaters nationwide, something that seemed implausible over the years as the rejections kept piling up.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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All the rejections that came before are, miraculously, rendered meaningless.—
Thomas Swick
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Now that the process has been initiated, the Security Council must vote within 30 days on a resolution to continue Iran‘s sanctions relief, requiring at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Russia, China, Britain, or France to pass.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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That’s, in part, because the Council would have to pull off an override on the Bally’s matter by early next week due to rules that set a tighter timeline for objecting to mayoral vetoes on land use matters.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when patients and doctors shame insurers online, denials get overturned.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Nays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nays. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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