vetoes 1 of 2

noun

plural of veto
as in prohibitions
an order that something not be done or used management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays

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vetoes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of veto
as in dismisses
to reject by or as if by a vote my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog

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Recent Examples of vetoes
Noun
At such a meeting, unions lack voting power, and major shareholders like the Porsche/Piech families and Qatar could secure the 75% majority needed for structural changes, bypassing traditional vetoes. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Their responsibilities include passing bills, setting levels for state spending, raising and lowering taxes and voting to uphold or override vetoes. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 The president has endorsed state Senate President Ty Masterson, who sometimes overrode Kelly’s vetoes, for the GOP nomination. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The second option is the General Assembly’s annual fall veto session, a six-day stretch where lawmakers can consider vetoes, unresolved legislation and, at times, new bills. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026 DeSantis’ vetoes carved roughly $800 million from the $115 billion state budget the Legislature passed in May, including 140 projects requested by Miami-Dade lawmakers that are worth nearly $88 million, according to a Miami Herald analysis. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 One of his biggest vetoes slashed more more than $225 million for new housing and maintenance of existing facilities requested by the Department of Corrections. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026 The bill can take effect despite the vetoes, because the state constitution gives the governor the authority to alter line items. — Ben Szalinski, CBS News, 16 June 2026 The eight-member council would need six votes to override her vetoes. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Verb
If Newsom vetoes the bill, the legislature could decide to hold another vote to override the veto. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 At midnight the housing bill, hailed as the most substantial legislation on housing in decades, will become law, unless Trump reverses course and signs it sooner or vetoes it. — Jack Harvel july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 But the housing affordability bill, dubbed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is nevertheless set to become law automatically on Saturday — unless Trump vetoes it. — Kevin Breuninger,justin Papp, CNBC, 10 July 2026 The housing bill, formally called the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, can still become law if Trump neither signs it nor vetoes it in 10 days, excluding Sundays. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The bill will become law unless the governor vetoes it. — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 If Duggan vetoes the ordinance, the council would have a week from the receipt of the veto to override it with a two-thirds majority vote — meaning at least six of the nine council members. — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Yet an administrator vetoes the plan, and the meeting’s start is uncaffeinated. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vetoes
  1. prohibitions
  2. dismisses
  3. bans
  4. kills
  5. refuses
Noun
  • But others said that tariffs have led some manufacturers to boost costs for their consumers, adding to the cost-prohibitions that have softened demand for RVs.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Red-state legislatures rushed to pass stringent prohibitions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibitions
Verb
  • After roll call and then assisting a man who sought to change his address, Judge Cho dismisses the other immigrants without speaking to them individually.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Heritage Foundation’s Yenor dismisses the notion that elite sports pose any threat to male fertility, observing to SciAm that, since 1990, Super Bowl–winning quarterbacks have had a higher than average number of children.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismisses
Noun
  • New York State has enacted a moratorium on data center construction, while many other states have pending bans and restrictions of varying intensity.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In June, the Justice Department sued Virginia and New York, in part, over these 287(g) bans.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of bans
Verb
  • Because the coating stops being an insulator when its breakdown threshold is reached, the charge rips through it in a miniature dielectric breakdown, the same failure mode that kills capacitors and transformer insulation.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The forest feels healthy even though it is pockmarked with dead standing beetle kills.
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of kills
Verb
  • But Buddy, the feature debut of Casper Kelly, lets the genre’s relentlessly upbeat tone slowly curdle in the opening sequence, in which one of the kids refuses to play along with day’s lesson about being brave and trying new things.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • With his final book, however, Morris refuses to draw conclusions, letting the ambiguity of Surrealists’ meanings stand.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of refuses

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“Vetoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vetoes. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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