VOTED (IN) Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

voted (in)

verb

past tense of vote (in)

as in elected

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Omar, who was first elected to the House in 2018, represents Minnesota's 5th District, including Minneapolis.

— ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
In overtime, the Rams won the toss and elected to defend first, a decision that soon proved to be genius by coach Sean McVay.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

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Under her guidance, the jury will determine the winner of the Festival’s Étoile d’Or from among the first and second feature films selected for this year’s international competition.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Pavia, 24, wasn’t selected in the 2026 NFL Draft and was cut by the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent over the summer.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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His younger brother Princewill Umanmielen currently leads college football in sacks at LSU, with eight and seems destined to join Princely in the NFL one day.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Some survive because treatment works, not because the cancer was detected earlier; others survive because they were overdiagnosed (diagnosed with a cancer not destined to cause symptoms or death).

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

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At 17, she was crowned a Cotton Bowl Princess in the state of Missouri, and with the honor came the chance to escort then-president Harry Truman to the state fair.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
In the end, The Cheese Curd Shack was crowned the winner of our contest.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

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