seconded

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Applicants must be proposed and seconded by members, after which a managing committee approves them.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“I’ll go find somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies,” he said, in a comment that was cheered on and seconded by his online army.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"They are using it in whatever way they can," added Jetton, who is seconded to Interpol from the US Secret Service, the federal agency in charge of presidential protection.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

It’s a point seconded by Aaron Crisler, a Nashville, Tenn.-based entertainment publicist.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

He’d been in East Anglia with contractors seconded to the army, building coastal defenses, which was why he was so late coming to the hospital.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan