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vetoing

  • present participle
    of veto.
    veto
    noun
    the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

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This fits his dissembling about his reason for vetoing the tax-credit bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

In vetoing other legislation, Newsom has repeatedly cited costs, as the state struggles with a massive budget deficit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024

While vetoing the bill, Walz announced he was commissioning a study of the drivers’ working conditions.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2024

It has stopped vetoing condemnatory resolutions at the United Nations.

From BBC ● May 8, 2024

"We do not need municipal boys' club houses," said Mayor Low in vetoing the bill to build them last winter, "we have the schools."

From The Battle with the Slum by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis