as in prohibitions
an order that something not be done or used
management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays
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as in dismisses
to reject by or as if by a vote
my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog
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Recent Examples of vetoes
ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Hobbs, a Democrat who broke the record for vetoes signed last year, is unlikely to sign these bills.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Kelly supports transgender rights, but GOP lawmakers have overridden her vetoes three of the last four years.
—John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Reflexive vetoes of new experiments, as the Simple Summaries spat highlighted last summer, is not genuine conversation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
That funding was later vetoed by the governor as part of broader cultural budget vetoes.
—Geo Darder, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump vetoes a bill that would help deliver clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado communities by financing a pipeline.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Trump avoided defeat when most House Republicans declined to override the first of two vetoes of his presidency, which spiked a pair of nonpartisan infrastructure bills that would’ve benefited Colorado and Florida.
—Justin Papp, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Both measures received majority support but failed to get the required two-thirds supermajority to override the vetoes.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2026
Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
If Duggan vetoes the ordinance, the council would have a week from the receipt of the veto to override it with a two-thirds majority vote — meaning at least six of the nine council members.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
In the 2025 legislative elections, La Libertad Avanza, in alliance with the right-wing Republican Proposal, or PRO, party, consolidated its position as the largest bloc in both chambers and secured the one-third needed to uphold presidential vetoes in Congress.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
Hobbs, a Democrat who broke the record for vetoes signed last year, is unlikely to sign these bills.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Kelly supports transgender rights, but GOP lawmakers have overridden her vetoes three of the last four years.
—John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Reflexive vetoes of new experiments, as the Simple Summaries spat highlighted last summer, is not genuine conversation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
That funding was later vetoed by the governor as part of broader cultural budget vetoes.
—Geo Darder, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump vetoes a bill that would help deliver clean drinking water to southeastern Colorado communities by financing a pipeline.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Trump avoided defeat when most House Republicans declined to override the first of two vetoes of his presidency, which spiked a pair of nonpartisan infrastructure bills that would’ve benefited Colorado and Florida.
—Justin Papp, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Both measures received majority support but failed to get the required two-thirds supermajority to override the vetoes.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
The bill will become law unless the governor vetoes it.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
If Duggan vetoes the ordinance, the council would have a week from the receipt of the veto to override it with a two-thirds majority vote — meaning at least six of the nine council members.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vetoes
Noun
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Of course, all of this discussion rests on the belief that contractual prohibitions are the load-bearing factor for preventing an AI system from being used for mass domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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China’s new tech elite is expected to keep a low profile, however, given prohibitions on public displays of wealth, and the omnipresent threat of US sanctions.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Klobuchar plans to introduce new legislation that could help bolster disclosure requirements about the circumstances surrounding settlements, and give states more power to intervene, review, and continue cases the DOJ voluntarily dismisses.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Of course, that argument dismisses the eyeball test.—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dozens of counties across the state have issued burn bans due to the ongoing drought and elevated wildfire risk.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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These parents are thrilled with the bipartisan push to address their concerns, building off of momentum from bans on cellphones in schools.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Nothing kills a trip faster than showing up to a locked gate with a camera in hand.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the game, when a player kills multiple opponents without also dying, they are rewarded with the ability to conduct a missile strike to exterminate an opposing team.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The story pulls viewers into a world where the past refuses to stay buried and every revelation raises the stakes.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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In an interview with TMZ, Hines revealed the actor refuses to work for anything less than $200,000 a day.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Vetoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vetoes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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