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votes (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of vote (in)
as in singles (out)

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  1. elects
  2. selects
  3. chooses
  4. drafts
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  • Wednesday’s arguments came as a series of recent ballot measures have highlighted a remarkable trend in Missouri, a state that elects Republicans but often supports progressive-leaning policies at the ballot box.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Auburn officials pointed to the way the city elects its council members.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of elects
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  • Amazon also said 92 percent of Sponsored Products ads are not given to the highest bidder because the company selects winners based on a combination of price and relevancy to the keyword search.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • When there are multiple logical possibilities for what the next word should be, the model typically selects one of those words by chance, based on their relative frequencies in the data.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of selects
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  • If a woman chooses a hospital, that is her right, but traditional birth should always be an option.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Even if the team chooses to lean more heavily on its ground game, those touches won’t flow to a single player.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chooses
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  • If an agent drafts a defective indemnity clause or cites a case that does not exist, no software company appears in court to answer for it.
    — Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • And the draft wouldn’t be complete without the owner that drafts not one, but TWO defenses.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of drafts
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