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elections

  • plural
    of election.
    election
    noun
    the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.

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“What we want to do is defend against anything that would devalue the elections process,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Both were littered with sports events, which I scrolled past, but also had sections for elections, politics, tech and a lot more.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

There’s the Monster Raving Loony Party, established in 1982, which has now run in 11 general elections and is currently headed by someone calling himself Howling Laud Hope.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

And Saudi Arabia - which has yet to take a public position but was awarded hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup on Infantino's watch - will have its own football leadership elections in August.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

He was an undergraduate at Delhi University during the euphoria of 1957, when the Communists won the State Assembly elections and Nehru invited them to form a government.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy