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In other words, they're arguing that the term officer of the United States, electively as an entity, means more than the sum of its parts.”

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2024

Educational psychologist Tim Thomas helped and he remembers the twins being bullied, which led to them becoming "electively mute".

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2023

Jurors can electively identify themselves to the public and speak about their experience.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2021

And if patients electively choose to visit a hospital or clinic that is out of network, insurers are fully within their right to charge higher cost-sharing for that care.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2019

Her sweet slenderness barred the way about as electively as a mother quail does the road to her young.

From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod