voted (in)

verb

past tense of vote (in)
as in elected

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  1. elected
  2. selected
  3. destined
  4. drafted
  5. crowned
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  • Mills was elected to the House to represent Florida's 7th District in 2022 and reelected in 2024.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Their street protests across the 2000s ultimately gave rise to future freedom fighter Volodymyr Zelensky being elected president in 2019, with a hyper-tech campaign across Ukraine’s cybersphere that was engineered by Web wunderkind Mykhailo Fedorov.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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  • The dueling arguments are most visible in the Kansas City metro, where residents straddle two states seeking to either overhaul how judges are selected or weaken citizens’ power at the ballot box.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • This offensive line success is partly why the fan base was a bit surprised when the Panthers selected Freeling in the first round of the draft.
    — Alex Zietlow July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Definition of selected
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  • Trailing by 13 points in the fourth quarter, Kansas’ alumni men’s basketball team looked as if it was destined to drop its second game in two nights to Kansas State and bow out of the TBT mighty early.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • The revenue is then destined for the families participating in the program.
    — Angie Acosta M, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of destined
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  • The Pacers drafted Peter after a very strong three-point shooting season at Liberty University in 2024-25.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • His position group already featured Brian Burns, Abdul Carter and Kayvon Thibodeaux; the team also drafted versatile defender Arvell Reese in the spring.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of drafted
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  • The winner of the Ladder Match will be crowned WWE interim women’s championship.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Odysseus and Penelope reunited, and Telemachus was crowned the new king of Ithaca as Odysseus vowed to sail west to honor the men who died along the way.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
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