as in selecting
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I've elected to study French as my foreign language
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Recent Examples of electing
Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.
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Shelley Smith Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
There has already been talk among Freedom Caucus members of a switch to electing justices, which would eliminate the insulation from partisan politics.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
In these districts, racial-minority voters make up a population large enough to have a realistic opportunity of electing their preferred candidates.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
The New York City Council made history on Wednesday by electing Julie Menin as its first Jewish speaker.
—Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Democratic Governors Association, the arm of the Democratic Party focused on electing Democratic governors, released a statement on Monday praising Walz for his work without endorsing any other potential candidates.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2026
The First Two Calculators Focus on High-Impact Decisions Gelt’s S Corp Analysis and Strategy Calculator helps profitable LLC owners evaluate whether electing S Corp status could reduce self-employment taxes with a balanced salary and distributions approach.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Even Perot’s Reform Party, with its almost 20 percent share of national votes, never came close to electing a senator or representative.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Democrats won high-profile governor's races Tuesday in New Jersey and Virginia, the only states electing new governors this year.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for electing
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According to researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, the characteristics of nanotubes can be precisely tuned by selecting specific atomic compositions.—
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Get the most from your investment by selecting trees that provide year-round beauty.—
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According to the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s 2026 Kitchen Trends Report, homeowners are increasingly choosing appliances that create a better environment for cooking and gathering.—
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This path begins with choosing leaders who will put principle over politics and ideology, with a promise to focus on the middle class as the center of every policy.—
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From the costume-picking process to the crazy disguises stars must wear off camera, keep scrolling for the wildest rules contestants on The Masked Singer must follow.—
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Other photos show them on the sand with their arms around each other and sharing a kiss, with Tatum picking her up and holding her over his head at one point.—
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“Electing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/electing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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