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 Made false claims of massive fraud of millions of undocumented people voting. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 Reinforce requirements for board members to disclose conflicts, recuse themselves from discussions and abstain from voting when appropriate. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026 The memo said that Venezuelan government officials developed the capability to manipulate electronic voting systems in their own elections, including replicating and overwriting voting data to make fraudulent votes legitimate. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026 Maryland has long been a leader in making voting more accessible. — Sam Kinch, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2026 But the 47-page package remains a long-shot effort — too meager for some, too costly for others — ahead of voting in the full House expected next week. — Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 Kimberly and three friends held a 3AM meeting at Burning Man, voting to buy and refurbish the hotel and save the bistro. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Their continued presence in the category, at this point, doesn’t register as reflective of their quality but rather voting inertia and a nomination body liable to box-check rather than seriously consider all the candidates. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 Citizenship is already a requirement for voting in federal elections, and noncitizen voting is rare, according to The Bipartisan Policy Center. — Jack Harvel july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for voting

Verb

For example, states like New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois are already proposing wealth taxes.

— Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Among them is a Washington think tank that recently released a paper proposing the capping of annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 to shore up the retirement trust fund.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of proposing

Verb

But beyond those dates, bookings for June 10 through July 19 totaled 430K nights, roughly flat compared to last year, suggesting no real uplift on those days, Linda Rollins, an AirDNA research analyst told the Miami Herald.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026

Definition of suggesting

Verb

Just shy of his first birthday, a young Prince William steadied himself with the help of parents Princess Diana and Prince Charles while posing for photos on a picnic blanket.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026
Science starts with curiosity and posing a question that is then tested through acquiring data and then analyzing the accuracy of that data.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026