Thesaurus results for VOTED

voted

verb

past tense of vote

as in proposed

to set before the mind for consideration I vote we quit working and go out for lunch

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Recent Examples of voted The last time the Congress voted to go to year-round Daylight Saving Time was during the Nixon years. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 Take a resident who voted for only one of the 10 winners but for two of the slate’s three candidates. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 The bill passed the Senate unanimously and only one lawmaker voted against it in the Assembly. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The center-right Basque party and the tiny Coalición Canaria, whose support the government also needed, also voted against the second decree after backing the first one. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 In November 1976, the Drake school board voted unanimously to remove the book from school premises. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 Commissioners voted 3-2 to block an enclave designation for the 4,462-acre Palm Valley development near Nocatee. — Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Republicans re-drew Texas’s 35th district last year, turning a seat that voted solidly for Kamala Harris into one that backed Trump by 11 points. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Four Republicans voted for it and one Democrat voted against. — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

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Amid speculation that Drexel plans to sell the 150-year-old building housing the Academy, Philadelphia's city council proposed altering local zoning overlays in order to make selling the building or converting it to other uses more difficult.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
The tax measure was first proposed eight years ago in response to flagging state funding for public schools.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

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Gomberg and Hennessy argue that language suggested Kadourah was paid as part of the campaign, and should have disclosed that connections on his social media posts on the campaign.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
In another social media breakdown by a former Trojan player, former quarterback Max Browne suggested that USC’s defensive backs were often out of position before the play began, putting them behind.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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Reservoirs in the country were 28% short of full capacity at the end of September and posed a risk to winter crops, according to a report by Nomura on Monday.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The actors walked the red carpet and posed for photos, including a few with Beard and his father.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

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