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present progressiveof veto (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
vetonounthe power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
Example Sentences
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I am vetoing the “Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
"I am vetoing this legislation because it will cost our citizens jobs, both now and into the future, hinder our economic recovery, and damage our state's long-term economic competitiveness," Lynch said in an e-mailed statement.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2011