as in ban
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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as in to dismiss
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 veto
Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Overturning Biden’s veto would require a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate, and the House vote fell well short of that margin.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Newsom vetoed similar legislation last year over concerns from public health advocates.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
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Newsom used a false utility claim — that the former prices (still current for homeowners with pre-existing long-term contracts) paid by utilities for rooftop solar were causing higher power rates for others — to justify his veto.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Overturning Biden’s veto would require a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate, and the House vote fell well short of that margin.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
Some 1,200 were passed in 2024, though Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed 200 of them.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Newsom vetoed similar legislation last year over concerns from public health advocates.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veto
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Apple, Google and Oracle did not respond to requests for comment on the impending TikTok ban.Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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The ban will disrupt the income streams of hundreds of thousands of creators.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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She was dismissed in June 2024 after a run of seven games without a win.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Both cases were dismissed following Trump's reelection in November due to a longstanding Justice Department policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president.Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that devastated New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 and cost about $200 billion, according to federal estimates.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Eaton Fire, which is burning near Pasadena, was responsible for 11 of the deaths, while the Palisades Fire killed five people, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trump initially refused to approve federal aid to California for wildfires in 2018 until a National Security Council staffer showed him that Orange County had a dense concentration of voters who supported him, according to Politico.Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Anti-natalists, however, refuse to equate children with a stake in the future.Jack Jiang, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Veto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veto. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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