noes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On this occasion, there are more emphatic "noes" than groans, and Ms Harris accepts defeat this time around.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
An August referendum on restarting the reactor, held just three months after it closed, failed to attract a quorum, though the yes votes outweighed the noes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Their yeses and great noes no longer mean anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025
She then acknowledged that the noes were more numerous.
From Slate • May 6, 2024
All day, the yeses and noes had been swirling inside her, faster, faster, until she felt dizzy with indecision.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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