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 Starters were voted in by fans, while pitchers and reserve players were selected through a player ballot, a group of voters consisting of players, managers, coaches and league personnel. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026 The league has already voted to flip its calendar and change its competition structure to encourage more games of consequence and take a more active role in the global transfer market beginning in 2027. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Trout, who grew up near Philadelphia in Millville, New Jersey, was voted by fans to start for the 11th time and hopes to return from a strained right hamstring suffered June 17. — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Caminero was elected via fan balloting, Diaz and Rasmussen were voted in by league players, and Baker was added by MLB officials, who fill out the 32-man rosters. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 After some revisions, the Continental Congress on July 2 voted to accept the declaration of our national sovereignty. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 The Charlotte City Council voted to select Harrington to finish out the term of Mayor Vi Lyles, which ends in December 2027. — Mary Ramsey updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026 Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who voted against the proposal in mid-June, voiced fears that the list of noncitizen voters would immediately be seized by federal immigration authorities. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 All Democrats in Congress vehemently opposed the bill and three Senate Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina—voted against it. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voted
  1. proposed
  2. suggested
  3. posed
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  • The royal 'fab four' is born After years of third-wheeling, Prince Harry found love with Meghan Markle and proposed to her in November 2017.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • This style has royal roots, and is in the same style as the ring Napoleon allegedly proposed to Joséphine with in 1796.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of proposed
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  • Colorado regulators who recently began a formal rulemaking process had suggested a state-level minimum of three hours of nursing care per resident.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
  • Previous studies suggested that dielectric screening plays an important role, but structural distortions and screening effects remained so intertwined that they could not be cleanly separated.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of suggested
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  • The Chainsmokers duo Alex Pall and Drew Taggart posed for a photo while suited up ahead of the wedding.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Lisa Benham and her daughter, Zara, posed for selfies outside the Garden.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2026
Definition of posed

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