Thesaurus results for VOTING

voting

verb

present participle of vote

as in proposing

to set before the mind for consideration I vote we quit working and go out for lunch

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Recent Examples of voting For 27-year-old Kanchan, in the New Delhi community around the bridge, her right to vote wasn't just about voting. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 In the second case, assigned to Tunheim, a South African national faces two charges of illegally voting in the 2024 election. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Let’s help him and his amazing staff make the most of the last half of his presidency by getting out there and voting in 2 weeks! — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon fear a lack of transportation will prevent them from voting in Sunday’s election runoff. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Early voting up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Through Monday, 71,885 people had voted early in person in Mecklenburg County, Board of Elections data show. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026 State election laws already prohibit noncitizens from voting. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 The party asked for an urgent order blocking the advertisements, noting the time sensitivity with voting already underway. — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 Mykola Murskyj, senior adviser on policy and strategy at the nonprofit organization Razom for Ukraine, told the Washington Examiner that Zelensky isn’t just arbitrarily clinging to power — the entire country is wary of voting during wartime. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for voting

Verb

In 2024, Ethiopia signed an agreement with Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, proposing a coastal lease for an Ethiopian naval base.

— KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Even airport authorities are getting in on the action, proposing their own slate of rules for robotaxis.

— Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of proposing

Verb

Interestingly, there is no statistically detectable difference in offending rates before college, suggesting the future fraternity members weren’t always fundamentally different in their behavior.

— Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Musk went even further during the unveiling, suggesting engineers eventually want to reach half the speed of sound.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggesting

Verb

The Houthis have repeatedly attacked airports and oil infrastructure across the kingdom with drones and missiles that can change direction during flight, posing a challenge to interceptors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Nearby, Pitch Perfect co-stars Brittany Snow and Anna Kendrick, who set the internet abuzz posing on the red carpet together hours earlier, strolled into the party side by side, both switching into leg-baring dresses.

— Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026