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
Ben Szalinski,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
The eight-member council would need six votes to override her vetoes.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Rounding out his vetoes Wednesday, Polis nixed Senate Bill 184.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
In fact, Hilton is envisioning vetoes putting lawmakers on record; the last time a session in Sacramento overrode a veto was in 1979.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 May 2026
Kemp vetoes bills that would have doled out more than $235M in tax breaks over the next five years.
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Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
14 May 2026
The issue, though, is that the liberals do not have enough votes to override Lamont’s vetoes.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
Legislators were not expecting the six vetoes, Moyle said.
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Idaho Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
Democrats, with their supermajority, can also override the governor’s vetoes.
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Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 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.
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Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated.
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Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
The bill can take effect despite the vetoes, because the state constitution gives the governor the authority to alter line items.
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Ben Szalinski,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
The eight-member council would need six votes to override her vetoes.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Rounding out his vetoes Wednesday, Polis nixed Senate Bill 184.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
In fact, Hilton is envisioning vetoes putting lawmakers on record; the last time a session in Sacramento overrode a veto was in 1979.
—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 May 2026
Kemp vetoes bills that would have doled out more than $235M in tax breaks over the next five years.
—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
14 May 2026
The issue, though, is that the liberals do not have enough votes to override Lamont’s vetoes.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
Legislators were not expecting the six vetoes, Moyle said.
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Idaho Statesman,
10 Apr. 2026
Democrats, with their supermajority, can also override the governor’s vetoes.
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Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
The bill will become law unless the governor vetoes it.
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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.
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Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vetoes
Noun
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Along those lines, such a school could face the prospect of conference punishment, such as prohibitions on postseason play and restrictions on revenue distributions.
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In announcing its plan, the administration said rescinding the rule would remove prohibitions on road construction and logging on nearly 59 million acres of national forest, arguing that the rule slowed economic development.
Verb
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De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
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Bisignano dismisses the criticism.
Noun
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Afghan Taliban authorities have imposed draconian restrictions on women and girls, including bans on education beyond primary school and on working in all but very few professions, as well as strict regulations on what women are allowed to wear in public.
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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told Putin on Tuesday that officials were considering suspending diesel fuel exports to protect the country’s motorists, adding to ongoing bans on the export of jet fuel and gasoline, according to the Tass news agency.
Verb
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Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet.
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Fragile Lebanon ceasefire faces new strain as Israeli gunfire kills two, threatening a broader truce.
Verb
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But restraint can create value when management refuses to invest simply because capital is available.
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And yet your brain refuses to commit.
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“Vetoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vetoes. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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