noes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
If there are more "yes" votes than "noes", the bill will progress to stage two, where MSPs can propose changes.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
Their yeses and great noes no longer mean anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025
According to Drew Linzer, the director of the polling firm Civiqs, fewer people are unsure about the vaccines now than in the fall, but the percentage of hard noes has remained fairly constant.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
We rise on our yeses and maybes, Then fall on our noes and our buts.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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