abstention

Example Sentences

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The Senate voted 46 in favor, 25 against, with one abstention after the lower Chamber of Deputies greenlit the budget.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Welsh government ministers made £100m worth of commitments to secure Dodd's abstention, including £30m for social care to tackle delayed discharges.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Labour MSs banged Senedd tables as the result of the vote came in with 29 Senedd members in support and 28 against, with one abstention from Dodds.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

The lawmakers voted 224-196 in the Sejm with one abstention to liberalize access to the hormonal contraceptive, called ellaOne.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

He had asked for them; he had earned them, not by his work only, but by his abstention from two pieces of bread per diem.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)