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elect

[ih-lekt] / ɪˈlɛkt /


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Voters will elect three members to the board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

This lesson serves as both warning and promise: What we reward when we elect is what grows.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Leo has yet to create any cardinals, the red-hatted Princes of the Church who will vote in the conclave to elect his successor.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Other options include the additional member system, a hybrid model that combines first-past-the-post with regional party lists that is used to elect members of the Scottish Parliament.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He was not a member of that forsaken elect.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Each Texas county elects its own slate of local officials, which is why state law requires voters to register where they live.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Maybe Congress can find the will to live like the country that elects it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Each region elects seven members using a form of proportional representation.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Now, voters will consider significant changes to recall rules for state elected officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ralston, by contrast, has elected to teach those languages to those so disadvantaged: “Hardly any of our incoming students have any Greek.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Diffusing the workload, former members say, allows for regular interaction with elected officials and the private sector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The candidates elected to the Senate on Nov. 3 — one third of the chamber — will serve a six-year term beginning in January.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

In December, James Madison, another slaveholder from Virginia, is elected the fourth president.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

But majorities of both groups — 52% of Latino voters and 58% of likely voters — believe electing the state’s first Latino governor is either “not too important” or “not at all important.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But the main event for voters will be electing members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the two chambers that make up Congress.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Thad Kousser, a UC-San Diego political science professor, said that electing election skeptics to office doesn’t necessarily mean that they will throw a wrench into the process.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

If the stock trades at $80, that means electing it only on lots with a basis of $16 or less.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

About twenty women met and formed the Mothers’ Club, electing a young mother named Joyce Thorpe president of the group.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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