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yea

[yay] / jeɪ /
INTERJECTION
yes; indeed
Synonyms


NOUN
affirmative reply or vote
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Congress is crying out for a dedicated White House ambassador—someone who can be trusted to speak for the president, to yea or nay ideas, to shuttle proposals, to wrangle rebels in line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The shares are up around 20% this yea, while the world’s largest crypto is up 9.7% in 2026.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

“I was like, yea, I think you should go for guitar, dude,” says Alex.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

Born in 1970, he grew up in poverty as one of eight children in China's north-eastern Shandong Province, according to a profile published in The New Yorker last yea, externalr.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

She did not gossip with the other women—she had nothing, indeed, to gossip about—but kept her communication to yea and nay, and read her Bible, and prayed.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

"Even 80 yeas after the war, Okinawa where we live is a place that is so unnerving," 48-year-old mother of two boys Hitomi Miyagi told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Feijoo will need the support of 176 lawmakers out of the lower house's 350 deputies to clinch the premiership, or, failing that, a simple majority of more yeas than nays in a second vote.

From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2023

With $1.5 billion in ticket sales, “Top Gun: Maverick” helped bring moviegoers — especially older, more hesitant moviegoers — back to theaters after two-plus yeas of pandemic.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

When the yeas prevailed, there was bipartisan applause, as if a particularly hostile foreign adversary had been defeated.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

The Utah Territorial Bill passed the Senate, August 10, 1850, by a vote of yeas 32, nays 18.

From History of American Abolitionism by F. G. de Fontaine


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