voted

past tense of vote

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Recent Examples of voted In a unanimous vote, the 44 senators present voted to remove Peña for misconduct in office, bringing a dramatic end to one of South America's most stable presidencies. — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026 New Haven, Groton, Trumbull, West Haven, Morris and East Lyme have already voted to prohibit new data centers, while officials in Harwinton and Beacon Falls are talking about potential bans. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026 Here’s a look at how Chicago voted, according to unofficial results as of Thursday night. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 In at least 46 of the roughly 50 such initiatives on ballots in 2026, majorities voted to restrict development of the facilities, according to Ballotpedia's tally. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 The numbers that unravel first are often the ones nobody thought to monitor, because the board had already voted yes and moved to the next agenda item. — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Its board of directors, packed with presidential appointees, voted in September to close the arts center, citing structural decay that posed safety risks. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 And then after that, 103 Democrats voted to stop sending arms to Israel. — Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026 Every Democrat has voted for it, and every Republican opposes it. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voted
Verb
  • In a new study, researchers at the University of Ottawa have proposed this unconventional picture, which challenges some of modern physics’ biggest assumptions.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The money behind the measures Support for Proposition 40 has totaled to nearly $35 million, mostly from the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, the healthcare workers union that proposed the tax.
    — Vanessa Martínez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • And there will be a lot of them to loft — 100,000 Starlink V3 satellites and a million Starmind AI data centers, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has suggested.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The group says mental health challenges among young people aren’t just the typical issues of the past like substance abuse, but also the dangers posed by new technologies like artificial intelligence.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Photos from the GoFundMe show Olga, Luis and Samir posed with Liviu, Olga Sorbalo’s husband, and their baby son.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026

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“Voted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voted. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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