nays

plural of nay

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nays
Noun
  • While grand jury refusals are rare in federal practice, their frequency in recent weeks has raised questions about the strength of the cases and the attitudes of District residents serving as jurors.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Some guys have been immediate nos.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here, Southern designers weigh in with insights on outdated bedding colors that are hard nos in their book.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
  • After multiple rejections from the auto dealership, Kim had to get creative again.
    Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Such reimbursement accuracy failures can include insurance claim denials, unbilled services, underpayments from government programs and inefficiencies within the reimbursement workflow.
    Alexander Podgornyy, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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