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 State elections officials, other state leaders, voting rights advocates and election experts all cheered the ruling. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 The Republicans are warning that voting Libertarian will only help Democrats. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 Cornell University's Faculty Senate is meeting Wednesday afternoon to begin voting on a resolution of no confidence in the school's administration. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 In 2020, a group of political operatives working closely with Florida Power and Light sought to derail Rodríguez’s re-election campaign for the Senate by tricking voters into voting for an independent candidate with the same last name. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Less-habitual voters who are voting early, while a much smaller number compared to regular voters, appear to be more likely to vote for the Democrat. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Colombia, Slovenia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Arab Emirates switched from yes to no, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Czechia, Ecuador, Lithuania and Morocco went from abstaining to voting against. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for voting

Verb

During the campaign, Lula sought to address those concerns by proposing a ban on sports betting, announcing a debt renegotiation program and backing tougher penalties for minors who commit crimes.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
The best approach is to understand what the client actually needs before proposing a solution.

— Mark Berookim, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of proposing

Verb

The tests could easily do the opposite, as people with results suggesting cancer require follow-up testing that overwhelms our healthcare system, potentially delaying diagnoses for people with cancer.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
The researchers also found evidence that features of both states could briefly coexist, suggesting that their relationship is more complicated than a simple winner-takes-all competition.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggesting

Verb

A week earlier, Packers receiver Matthew Golden had drawn a taunting flag for flexing his biceps after a crucial catch against the Cowboys even as the broadcast had one player posing in that very position for introductions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
David Lauren spent much of the first two days wandering through the marketplace, chatting with visitors, hanging out in the courtyard and happily posing for photographs.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026