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{
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"votarist":{
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"antonyms":[
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"coryphaeus",
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"leader"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": votary":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"votarists of the literary critic seemed to have penetrated the English department of every university in the country"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1609, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259-rist"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acolyte",
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"adherent",
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"convert",
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"disciple",
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"epigone",
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"follower",
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"liege man",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"pupil",
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"votary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030041",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"votary":{
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"antonyms":[
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"coryphaeus",
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"leader"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a devoted admirer":[],
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": a devout or zealous worshipper":[],
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": a staunch believer or advocate":[],
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": a sworn adherent":[],
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": devotee":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a votary of the religious leader",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker has long been a loud votary of progress. \u2014 Samuel Moyn, The New Republic , 19 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin votum vow":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259-r\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acolyte",
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"adherent",
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"convert",
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"disciple",
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"epigone",
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"follower",
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"liege man",
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"partisan",
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"partizan",
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"pupil",
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"votarist"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210824",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vote":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cast or conduct a vote":[
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"The class voted by a show of hands.",
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"They encouraged everyone to vote in the presidential election.",
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"She always votes Republican/Democratic.",
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"The committee voted on the proposal.",
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"The committee voted against the proposal.",
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"The committee voted for the proposal. = The committee voted in favor of the proposal.",
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"The Senate voted 51 to 100 to pass the bill.",
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"Some representatives voted with the opposing party.",
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"The jury voted for acquittal.",
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"Who votes for going out to dinner tonight"
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],
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": to vote in a way that helps one financially":[
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"\"\u2026 What happens if you vote with your wallet this election year",
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"\u2014 Gayle King",
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"\"\u2026 The economy was doing well and people often vote with their pocketbooks . \u2026\"",
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"\u2014 Tara Setmayer"
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],
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": to express an opinion":[
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"If our customers don't like our products, they will vote with their wallets/pocketbooks . [=they will not buy our products]",
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"\"Consumers vote with their dollars and corporations listen,\" [Bettina] Siegel tells Newsweek \u2026",
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"\u2014 Elijah Wolfson",
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"When the restaurant changed its menu, many former customers voted with their feet . [=expressed their disapproval or dissatisfaction by leaving]"
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],
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": to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize (someone or something) by vote":[
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"He was voted out of office.",
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"Legislators voted the bill into law.",
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"The contestant was voted off the show.",
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"It was voted that residents will have to pay a trash collection fee.",
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"The issue was finally settled by a joint resolution \u2026 voting appropriations for the damages \u2026",
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"\u2014 Gerald P. Fogarty",
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"The proposal was voted down .",
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"She was voted in (as vice president) last year.",
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"She was voted out (of office) last year.",
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"They were voted on/onto the committee.",
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"The proposal was voted through . [=the proposal was passed]"
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],
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": to adjudge (something) by general agreement : declare":[
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"Everyone voted that it was the best tea this year.",
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"\u2014 Andr\u00e9 Bieler"
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],
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": to offer (something) as a suggestion : propose":[
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"I vote we all go home."
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],
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": to cause (someone) to vote in a given way":[],
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": to cause (something, such as a proxy vote) to be cast for or against a proposal":[],
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": to vote in accordance with or in the interest of":[
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"vote your conscience",
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"People tend to vote their pocketbooks/wallets ."
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],
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": the total number of such expressions of opinion made known at a single time (as at an election)":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the tallying the vote The candidate won only 10 percent of the vote ."
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],
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": an expression of opinion or preference that resembles a vote":[
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"a vote of support/thanks"
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],
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": ballot sense 1":[
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"counting the votes",
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"People waited in line to cast their votes ."
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],
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": the collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons expressed by voting : the result of a vote":[
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"The vote was in his favor.",
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"She won by a vote of 206 to 57."
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],
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": the act or process of voting":[
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"Let's take a vote .",
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"brought the question to a vote",
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"The issue never came to a vote .",
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"The referendum will be put to a vote ."
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],
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": a method of voting":[
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"The amendment was passed by a voice vote ."
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],
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": a formal expression of a wish, will, or choice voted by a meeting":[
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"The congressional votes in January authorizing U.S. military action before the ground war began have probably set a precedent \u2026, according to [Les] Aspin.",
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"\u2014 Don Oberdorfer"
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],
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": voter":[
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"the undecided votes"
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],
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": a group of voters with some common and identifying characteristics":[
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"the labor vote",
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"made appeals to the youth/independent vote"
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],
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": the whole group of people in an area who have the right to vote":[
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"Volunteers for her campaign helped get out the vote [=persuade people to go vote] on Election Day."
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],
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": appropriation":[
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"\u2026 prisons had to be equipped and staff paid out of the annual votes for the naval services.",
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"\u2014 Olive Anderson"
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],
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"\u2014 see also casting vote , vote of no confidence":[
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"\u2026 prisons had to be equipped and staff paid out of the annual votes for the naval services.",
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"\u2014 Olive Anderson"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u014dt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"bounce",
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"offer",
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"pose",
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"proffer",
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"propose",
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"propound",
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"suggest"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ballot",
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"enfranchisement",
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"franchise",
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"suffrage"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Citizens will vote today for their new governor.",
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"Did you vote in the last election",
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"The committee hasn't yet voted on the matter.",
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"Congress voted 121 to 16 to pass the bill.",
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"He voted against the proposal.",
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"They voted the referendum into law.",
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"Senators voted themselves a pay raise despite the budget shortfall.",
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"We have to decide what to do about dinner. I vote that we get a pizza.",
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"Noun",
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"They are counting the votes now.",
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"There are 20 votes in favor and 12 against.",
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"He got 56 percent of the votes .",
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"She's campaigning hard to raise money and win votes .",
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"People waited in line to cast their votes .",
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"I cast my vote for the Republican candidate.",
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"The vote was in her favor.",
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"She won by a vote of 206 to 57.",
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"In 1920, American women won the vote .",
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"The candidate won only 10 percent of the vote .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Hong Kong residents do not have the right to directly vote for the chief executive. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"With June wrapping up, Billboard is asking readers to vote for their favorite Latin collaboration released this month. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
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"Fans are regularly asked to vote for their favorite and least favorite Islanders. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
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"The third council member to vote for the new budget, Lindsey Horvath, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
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"Flood and Pansing Brooks are running in the new district, with some new constituents that weren't eligible to vote for Fortenberry during his last election in 2020. \u2014 Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
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"Coaches were not able to vote for their own players. \u2014 Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"When the Globes were boycotted last year after a Los Angeles Times expose revealed that the HFPA \u2014 the group of international journalists who vote for the winners \u2014 didn\u2019t have a single Black member, it was framed as a one-time punishment. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 27 June 2022",
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"Frontier Chairman William Franke on Monday urged Spirit shareholders to vote for the Frontier deal and said JetBlue\u2019s proposal is illusory and likely to be blocked by antitrust regulators. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Lee got 71% at the convention but is on pace to win the primary with about 62% of the vote . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
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"In the county contests, Supervisor Hilda Solis and Assessor Jeffrey Prang won outright, securing more than 50% of the vote . \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
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"For years, the denomination opened itself to a more liberal theology some local churches or pastors do not support, with talk of a vote at some point to possibly split up the United Methodist Church altogether. \u2014 Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
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"The share of the vote won by the average House Republican in a primary, per a Politico analysis. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
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"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
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"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
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"The last school board seat was vacant at the time of the vote but has since been filled by appointee Felicia Stolusky. \u2014 Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
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"He was elected in 2019 with 50.8% of the vote and was sworn in as San Francisco's 29th district attorney on Jan. 8 2020. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (Scots), from Latin votum vow, wish \u2014 more at vow":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1549, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104622"
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},
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"vote of no confidence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a formal vote by which the members of a legislature or similar deliberative body indicate that they no longer support a leader, government, etc.":[
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"The chairman was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence by the board of trustees."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In 1992, when the economy had soured, Americans effectively cast a vote of no confidence in George H.W. Bush\u2019s capacity to restore prosperity. \u2014 Jonathan Martin, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"Millions of people around the country are banging pots and pans out their window on a nightly basis in a distinctively Latin American vote of no confidence in their president. \u2014 Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2020",
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"Why shouldn't your entry be seen as a bit of a vote of no confidence in Elizabeth Warren",
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"In June, the Mesa police cast a vote of no confidence against Chief Ramon Batista, who had been accused of abandoning rank-and-file officers. \u2014 Uriel J. Garcia, azcentral , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"Ruslan Ryaboshapka was removed in a parliamentary vote of no confidence on Thursday night, after Zelenskiy said he should be dismissed, despite objections by ambassadors from G7 countries, including the United States. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"Previously, any vote of no confidence would trigger the prime minister\u2019s resignation and a general election. \u2014 The Economist , 8 Aug. 2019",
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"Kurti's government was dismissed by a 82-32 vote of no confidence on Wednesday after weeks of downplaying concerns about the pandemic. \u2014 Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner , 26 Mar. 2020",
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"Warren Buffett his 31 newspapers in January, a powerful vote of no confidence in their financial future. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194647",
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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]
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},
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"vote one's conscience":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to vote as one feels he or she should":[
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"I urged the senator to vote his conscience , even if it was at odds with the party line."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183216",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"voter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that votes or has the legal right to vote":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Florida voter registration records show that the number of Democratic voters in the state has plummeted by nearly 100,000 in the first five months of this year. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2022",
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"The study, published last month in the National Bureau of Economic Research, drew on voter registration data on more than 3,700 executives from nearly a thousand S&P 1500 firms. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Washington Post , 6 July 2022",
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"The law signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on March 30 is in direct conflict with a 1993 federal voter registration law and also violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Justice Department says. \u2014 CBS News , 6 July 2022",
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"In 2013, the Supreme Court upheld that law but added that Arizona must accept the federal voter registration form for federal elections. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2022",
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"People can register to vote online, or update their voter registration here. \u2014 cleveland , 5 July 2022",
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"Faulkner as a teen recorded a promo about voter registration for the local NAACP chapter. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 4 July 2022",
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"Arizona\u2019s 15 county recorders are responsible for voter registration and ensuring mail ballots are properly sent to the more than 80% of voters who vote by mail. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 4 July 2022",
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"For voter registration, Clark had a home address near Lonsdale from September 1999 until November 2014 when that address was changed to a home on the outskirts of Hot Springs, according to the secretary of state's office. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 3 July 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111519",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"voting booth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small, enclosed area in which a person stands for privacy while casting a vote":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182153"
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},
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"votes":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cast or conduct a vote":[
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"The class voted by a show of hands.",
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"They encouraged everyone to vote in the presidential election.",
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"She always votes Republican/Democratic.",
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"The committee voted on the proposal.",
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"The committee voted against the proposal.",
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"The committee voted for the proposal. = The committee voted in favor of the proposal.",
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"The Senate voted 51 to 100 to pass the bill.",
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"Some representatives voted with the opposing party.",
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"The jury voted for acquittal.",
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"Who votes for going out to dinner tonight"
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],
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": to vote in a way that helps one financially":[
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"\"\u2026 What happens if you vote with your wallet this election year",
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"\u2014 Gayle King",
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"\"\u2026 The economy was doing well and people often vote with their pocketbooks . \u2026\"",
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"\u2014 Tara Setmayer"
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],
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": to express an opinion":[
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"If our customers don't like our products, they will vote with their wallets/pocketbooks . [=they will not buy our products]",
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"\"Consumers vote with their dollars and corporations listen,\" [Bettina] Siegel tells Newsweek \u2026",
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"\u2014 Elijah Wolfson",
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"When the restaurant changed its menu, many former customers voted with their feet . [=expressed their disapproval or dissatisfaction by leaving]"
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],
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": to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize (someone or something) by vote":[
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"He was voted out of office.",
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"Legislators voted the bill into law.",
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"The contestant was voted off the show.",
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"It was voted that residents will have to pay a trash collection fee.",
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"The issue was finally settled by a joint resolution \u2026 voting appropriations for the damages \u2026",
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"\u2014 Gerald P. Fogarty",
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"The proposal was voted down .",
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"She was voted in (as vice president) last year.",
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"She was voted out (of office) last year.",
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"They were voted on/onto the committee.",
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"The proposal was voted through . [=the proposal was passed]"
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],
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": to adjudge (something) by general agreement : declare":[
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"Everyone voted that it was the best tea this year.",
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"\u2014 Andr\u00e9 Bieler"
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],
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": to offer (something) as a suggestion : propose":[
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"I vote we all go home."
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],
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": to cause (someone) to vote in a given way":[],
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": to cause (something, such as a proxy vote) to be cast for or against a proposal":[],
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": to vote in accordance with or in the interest of":[
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"vote your conscience",
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"People tend to vote their pocketbooks/wallets ."
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],
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": the total number of such expressions of opinion made known at a single time (as at an election)":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the tallying the vote The candidate won only 10 percent of the vote ."
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],
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": an expression of opinion or preference that resembles a vote":[
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"a vote of support/thanks"
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],
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": ballot sense 1":[
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"counting the votes",
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"People waited in line to cast their votes ."
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],
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": the collective opinion or verdict of a body of persons expressed by voting : the result of a vote":[
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"The vote was in his favor.",
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"She won by a vote of 206 to 57."
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],
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": the act or process of voting":[
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"Let's take a vote .",
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"brought the question to a vote",
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"The issue never came to a vote .",
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"The referendum will be put to a vote ."
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],
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": a method of voting":[
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"The amendment was passed by a voice vote ."
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],
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": a formal expression of a wish, will, or choice voted by a meeting":[
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"The congressional votes in January authorizing U.S. military action before the ground war began have probably set a precedent \u2026, according to [Les] Aspin.",
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"\u2014 Don Oberdorfer"
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],
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": voter":[
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"the undecided votes"
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],
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": a group of voters with some common and identifying characteristics":[
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"the labor vote",
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"made appeals to the youth/independent vote"
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],
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": the whole group of people in an area who have the right to vote":[
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"Volunteers for her campaign helped get out the vote [=persuade people to go vote] on Election Day."
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],
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": appropriation":[
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"\u2026 prisons had to be equipped and staff paid out of the annual votes for the naval services.",
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"\u2014 Olive Anderson"
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],
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"\u2014 see also casting vote , vote of no confidence":[
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"\u2026 prisons had to be equipped and staff paid out of the annual votes for the naval services.",
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"\u2014 Olive Anderson"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u014dt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"bounce",
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"offer",
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"pose",
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"proffer",
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"propose",
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"propound",
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"suggest"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ballot",
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"enfranchisement",
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"franchise",
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"suffrage"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"Citizens will vote today for their new governor.",
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"Did you vote in the last election",
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"The committee hasn't yet voted on the matter.",
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"Congress voted 121 to 16 to pass the bill.",
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"He voted against the proposal.",
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"They voted the referendum into law.",
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"Senators voted themselves a pay raise despite the budget shortfall.",
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"We have to decide what to do about dinner. I vote that we get a pizza.",
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"Noun",
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"They are counting the votes now.",
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"There are 20 votes in favor and 12 against.",
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"He got 56 percent of the votes .",
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"She's campaigning hard to raise money and win votes .",
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"People waited in line to cast their votes .",
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"I cast my vote for the Republican candidate.",
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"The vote was in her favor.",
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"She won by a vote of 206 to 57.",
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"In 1920, American women won the vote .",
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"The candidate won only 10 percent of the vote .",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Hong Kong residents do not have the right to directly vote for the chief executive. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 1 July 2022",
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"With June wrapping up, Billboard is asking readers to vote for their favorite Latin collaboration released this month. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
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"Fans are regularly asked to vote for their favorite and least favorite Islanders. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 30 June 2022",
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"The third council member to vote for the new budget, Lindsey Horvath, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
|
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"Flood and Pansing Brooks are running in the new district, with some new constituents that weren't eligible to vote for Fortenberry during his last election in 2020. \u2014 Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
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"Coaches were not able to vote for their own players. \u2014 Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
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"When the Globes were boycotted last year after a Los Angeles Times expose revealed that the HFPA \u2014 the group of international journalists who vote for the winners \u2014 didn\u2019t have a single Black member, it was framed as a one-time punishment. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Frontier Chairman William Franke on Monday urged Spirit shareholders to vote for the Frontier deal and said JetBlue\u2019s proposal is illusory and likely to be blocked by antitrust regulators. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Lee got 71% at the convention but is on pace to win the primary with about 62% of the vote . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"In the county contests, Supervisor Hilda Solis and Assessor Jeffrey Prang won outright, securing more than 50% of the vote . \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
|
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"For years, the denomination opened itself to a more liberal theology some local churches or pastors do not support, with talk of a vote at some point to possibly split up the United Methodist Church altogether. \u2014 Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
|
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"The share of the vote won by the average House Republican in a primary, per a Politico analysis. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
|
|
"Democrats\u2019 hopes are contingent on the party continuing to garner two-thirds of the vote of the growing Latino population, according to Matthew Wilson, an associate political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
|
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"The last school board seat was vacant at the time of the vote but has since been filled by appointee Felicia Stolusky. \u2014 Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
|
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"He was elected in 2019 with 50.8% of the vote and was sworn in as San Francisco's 29th district attorney on Jan. 8 2020. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English (Scots), from Latin votum vow, wish \u2014 more at vow":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1549, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190045"
|
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},
|
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"vote-a-rama":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": an unusually large number of debates and votes that happen in one day on a single piece of legislation to which an unlimited number of amendments can be introduced, debated, and voted on":[
|
|
"The Senate defines it as 15 or more votes that happen on a piece of legislation in a single day (while vote-a-ramas are often done on budget resolutions, they can be about any piece of legislation, like the health care bill). After the allotted time of debate on a bill expires, any senator can introduce an unlimited number of amendments to a piece of legislation. They then vote on the amendments, marathon-style. This can go on for hours.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jessica Estepa",
|
|
"Passing a budget resolution is part of a process known as reconciliation, which allows legislation to pass in the Senate with only a simple majority instead of the typical 60-vote threshold, meaning Democrats would be able to green-light it without any Republican votes. But Republicans forced Democrats to go on the record with a series of votes on a slew of amendments in the politically painful \" vote-a-rama .\"",
|
|
"\u2014 Grace Segers"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccv\u014d-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-m\u0259",
|
|
"-\u02c8ra-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"vote entry 2 + -arama":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190526"
|
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},
|
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"voting machine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a mechanical device for recording and counting votes cast in an election":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Lindell has been a near-tireless promoter of the baseless theory that Donald Trump\u2019s loss in 2020 resulted from voting machine manipulation. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Fox News\u2019s parent company can be sued by a voting machine maker falsely accused of rigging the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump because Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch may have exercised control over coverage, a judge ruled. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The false claims came to a halt when the station was sued by two voting machine companies. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Despite a 2-2 split in this election test run, the voting machine \u2019s results showed Arnold won 3-1. \u2014 Mark Niesse, ajc , 18 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who accused Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters of assisting in an election system security breach that resulted in the release of voting machine log-ins by someone affiliated with QAnon. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Trump\u2019s legal team recently attempted to distance itself from Powell\u2019s claims of voting machine fraud. \u2014 Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner , 25 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell accused a leading voting machine firm of stealing votes from President Trump. \u2014 Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner , 8 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"Brazil is refreshing part of its electronic voting machine estate ahead of the presidential election of 2022. \u2014 Angelica Mari, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202703"
|
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},
|
|
"vote of confidence":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun phrase"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a formal process in which people (such as the members of a legislature) vote in order to indicate whether or not they support a leader, government, etc.":[],
|
|
": a statement or action that shows continuing support and approval for someone":[
|
|
"Many people say the coach should be fired, but he was given a vote of confidence by the team president this week."
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215006"
|
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},
|
|
"voteless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u014dt-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1672, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070836"
|
|
},
|
|
"votive":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": consisting of or expressing a vow, wish, or desire":[
|
|
"a votive prayer"
|
|
],
|
|
": offered or performed in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude or devotion":[],
|
|
": a short thick candle used especially as a prayer offering or for decoration : votive candle":[
|
|
"\u2026 I will light a votive for those who need affordable housing and pray their needs are met.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mary Pat Rowland",
|
|
"A simple picture-propping shelf can display votives and flowers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nancy Sotomayor"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare vigil light":[
|
|
"\u2026 I will light a votive for those who need affordable housing and pray their needs are met.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mary Pat Rowland",
|
|
"A simple picture-propping shelf can display votives and flowers.",
|
|
"\u2014 Nancy Sotomayor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u014d-tiv"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"The family home, a sprawling two-story house beside the Strait of Magellan, is decorated with pictures, altars, and votive candles dedicated to the Virgin Mary. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Though its polished wooden tables were set with votive candles and the overall impression was clean, Vogafjos, unsurprisingly, smelled like a barnyard. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"The aisles stocked groceries, but also votive candles, Agua de Florida, medicine-cabinet staples, cleaning supplies, and even, sometimes, a record section of Latin music. \u2014 Johnson Lui, Allure , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Festooned with wires, cables and signs, and bedecked with banners and votive offerings, each tree is overloaded with purpose and significance. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There will be no memorial wreaths or votive candles laid at the 36th Street subway stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where the attack occurred, and there will be no funerals to attend. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Ema, prayer flags, votive tablets, and floating lanterns all can offer worshippers crucial reassurance amid adversity, says Donald Saucier, a psychology professor at Kansas State University. \u2014 Ronan O\u2019connell, Travel , 31 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"On Sunday morning, Mexicans went to the stadium and left scores of votive candles, flowers and small statues of St. Jude, the saint of desperate cases and lost causes, at the places where fans had been knocked down and beaten. \u2014 Anthony Harrup And Jos\u00e9 De C\u00f3rdoba, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Two long tables boasted beautifully undone and elegant decor with flowers and votive candles set against natural tablecloths and black chairs. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 17 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin votivus , from votum vow":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"1956, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085033"
|
|
},
|
|
"votive mass":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mass celebrated for a special intention (as for a wedding or funeral) in place of the mass of the day":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100205"
|
|
},
|
|
"vote along party lines":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to vote in a manner that is consistent with the official policy or opinion of one's political party":[
|
|
"Congress voted along party lines on the new education bill."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120531"
|
|
},
|
|
"votive office":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an office of special devotion formerly permitted in the Roman Catholic Church to be celebrated in place of the office appointed for the day unless the festal rank of the day prevented":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120837"
|
|
},
|
|
"votive dance":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a ritual dance performed or sponsored by an individual in fulfillment of a vow to a supernatural being":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131559"
|
|
},
|
|
"voteen":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an uncommonly devout person : religious zealot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"v\u014d\u02c8t\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably alteration of devotee":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183454"
|
|
},
|
|
"votive candle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a short thick candle used especially as a prayer offering or for decoration":[
|
|
"Male and female patrons crowd together at small tables where flames wobble on colored votive candles .",
|
|
"\u2014 Rachel Hickerson",
|
|
"\u2026 in some parts of the church you still bake. A lot of churches have gotten rid of votive candles because of the soot and the heat.",
|
|
"\u2014 Rev. John Kozar , quoted in The Pittsburgh (PA) Press"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"We won\u2019t be ignored again \u2014 or else. :: For years after her husband\u2019s death, Rosa Ba\u00f1uelos Ortiz lit a votive candle , putting flowers and a photo of him beside it every April 29. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"However, for the purest, mezcal is best appreciated sipped straight, at room temperature, in a traditional vaso veladoras (a votive candle holder) or shot glass. \u2014 Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report , 25 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Holding a tall votive candle , Malaika Hardrick then made her way out of the crowd and walked a few houses down to the door of Maggie Pedraza, who had performed CPR on Buckly in the moments after he was shot. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 5 June 2021",
|
|
"With an impressive 140-hour burn time, this tall votive candle releases the subtle, seductive aroma of white sage and neroli, perfect for all your giftee\u2019s Silver Springs singalongs. \u2014 Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY , 11 May 2021",
|
|
"Pictured above, girls at the Maggio last year, following the tradition of placing cente ( votive candle sculptures) atop the heads of women and girls during the procession. \u2014 George Stone, National Geographic , 26 May 2020",
|
|
"Their Grand Harbour is a spectacle of golden-age drama, glowing at sunset like a votive candle . \u2014 Rick Jordan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 May 2020",
|
|
"Customers pop the trunk just long enough to receive a six-course meal, a votive candle and a long-stem rose. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2020",
|
|
"Already blackened and sticky with soot, dust, and residue arising from millions of tourists, worshippers, and votive candles , the windows lack the yellow-powder look. \u2014 Christa Lest\u00e9-lasserre, Science | AAAS , 12 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1608, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195728"
|
|
},
|
|
"votress":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": votaress":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u014d-tr\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"by alteration":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021850"
|
|
},
|
|
"votaress":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a woman who is a votary":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u014d-t\u0259-r\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022313"
|
|
},
|
|
"Votyak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Finno-Ugrian people of the Udmurt Republic in eastern Soviet Russia, Europe":[],
|
|
": a member of such people":[],
|
|
": the Finnic language of the Votyak people":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Russian Votyak member of the Votyaks, from Vot' Votyak people, from Cheremis \u00f2d\u0259 , from Votyak Udmurt Votyak man":""
|
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