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vetoes 1 of 2

noun

plural of veto

as in prohibitions

an order that something not be done or used management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays

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vetoes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of veto

as in dismisses

to reject by or as if by a vote my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog

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Recent Examples of vetoes

Noun

The proposal out of Paris and Berlin would erect safeguards against those vetoes so the Commission could act faster. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 The vetoes came on what was the final day the governor could sign or reject bills that passed in the Legislature this year. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The American Property Casualty Insurance Association, a large industry trade group, did not respond to a request for comment on the vetoes, but voiced support for Allen’s non-renewal bill. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 The proposal was defeated by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining, because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes. — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 At such a meeting, unions lack voting power, and major shareholders like the Porsche/Piech families and Qatar could secure the 75% majority needed for structural changes, bypassing traditional vetoes. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Their responsibilities include passing bills, setting levels for state spending, raising and lowering taxes and voting to uphold or override vetoes. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 The president has endorsed state Senate President Ty Masterson, who sometimes overrode Kelly’s vetoes, for the GOP nomination. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The second option is the General Assembly’s annual fall veto session, a six-day stretch where lawmakers can consider vetoes, unresolved legislation and, at times, new bills. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Verb

If Newsom vetoes the bill, the legislature could decide to hold another vote to override the veto. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 At midnight the housing bill, hailed as the most substantial legislation on housing in decades, will become law, unless Trump reverses course and signs it sooner or vetoes it. — Jack Harvel july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 But the housing affordability bill, dubbed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is nevertheless set to become law automatically on Saturday — unless Trump vetoes it. — Kevin Breuninger,justin Papp, CNBC, 10 July 2026 The housing bill, formally called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, can still become law if Trump neither signs it nor vetoes it in 10 days, excluding Sundays. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The bill will become law unless the governor vetoes it. — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 If Duggan vetoes the ordinance, the council would have a week from the receipt of the veto to override it with a two-thirds majority vote — meaning at least six of the nine council members. — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vetoes

Noun

These young people have defied prohibitions on protest, breached draconian security clampdowns, and endured detentions to relentlessly question the government’s authority.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
In 2011, former President Barack Obama signed a law removing wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains from the endangered species list, a change that removed federal prohibitions on killing or harassing them in that region.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibitions

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If the bill is signed into law, Pennsylvania will join 40 states that already restrict cellphone use in schools, including 19 that have bell-to-bell bans.

— Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
In our moment of reckoning, most of the current momentum is going toward enacting social media bans for kids younger than 16.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of bans

Verb

In the end, Matt kills everybody who wronged him (plus several innocent people), and is forced to live as a reclusive mud monster in the sewers.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Crime, courts and policing A man kills his teenage ex-girlfriend in Arcadia and then shoots himself.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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