elect
verb (used with object)
to choose or select by vote, as for an office.
are electing
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present progressiveof elect.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“The ones who have more discretion are electing not to sell. They’re staying put.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
We are electing someone who will reflect dignity and honor upon us, someone who respects the law and our equality before it.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2024
Voters are electing provincial assemblies in each of the country's nine provinces, and a new national parliament which will then choose the next president.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Though others have returned, some residents, like JP Mayoga, are electing to stay away.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
The council are electing a free knight: the gallant Ravensburg.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
