VOTES (IN) Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

votes (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of vote (in)

as in singles (out)

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Every year, Noting’s fan community elects a community board observer, a volunteer who attends the company’s quarterly board meetings and presents customers’ views on products and launches to its directors.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
New Hampshire is the third state on the Democrats’ 2028 nominating calendar, and typically elects more moderate candidates than the progressive image Newsom has built.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of elects

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For the award, a jury typically selects four nominees, who show together at the Centre Pompidou in October.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
After much hemming and hawing, Diplo selects an orange flower to purchase and posts a video to his Instagram stories in which the man holds up his shopping bag printed with a website for his wares.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of selects

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Yet even in the aftermath of her terrible grief, Josie’s mother, Chrissie, doubles down and chooses to put Josie through the operation as well.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Much like her character Klara, Ortega chooses to have faith in humans and their spontaneous wonder.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of chooses

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They were not built for a group that invents its own vocabulary, drafts its own security protocols, and revises its own history when the record becomes inconvenient.

— Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The model does something remarkable—drafts the contract, triages the ticket, writes working code—and the room decides the future has arrived.

— Vatsal Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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