as in ban
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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as in to dismiss
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 veto
Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
After the bill passed both chambers of the Legislature, opponents waged an intense push for Abbott to issue a veto.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Eviction notice The Minneapolis City Council recently approved a similar 60-day eviction notice requirement, doubling the city’s 30-day requirement, but the effort was vetoed by Mayor Jacob Frey in light of concerns expressed by the housing industry.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Other European leaders long ago stopped discussing any security issues in the presence of Orbán himself, who has repeatedly used his veto to block European sanctions on Russia and European aid for Ukraine.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
After the bill passed both chambers of the Legislature, opponents waged an intense push for Abbott to issue a veto.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Hungarian leader previously ceased diesel shipments to Ukraine and vetoed a new round of EU sanctions against Russia.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Eviction notice The Minneapolis City Council recently approved a similar 60-day eviction notice requirement, doubling the city’s 30-day requirement, but the effort was vetoed by Mayor Jacob Frey in light of concerns expressed by the housing industry.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veto
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On Sunday, police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the church, citing security concerns as Israel enforces a ban on gatherings in synagogues, churches and mosques during the ongoing war with Iran, which has brought missile strikes near holy sites.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Reddit has filed one of two constitutional challenges to the social media ban in the Australian High Court.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Authorities had since dismissed her lawyers’ requests to send her to a hospital for urgent treatment.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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There is a long history of women's pain being dismissed by doctors, incorrectly categorized as period pain or rooted in psychological distress.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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From the prohibition against representation that binds the globe in images.—
Timmy Straw,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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If the goal is truly to protect consumers, the solution does not lie in reducing the visibility of the legal market through federal prohibitions, but rather in avoiding excessive intervention.—
Cláudia Nunes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Authorities allege her husband, 40-year-old Stephen Bowen, killed her with a shotgun.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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They get captured by Hungarian gangsters and have to fight (and kill) their way out of an inn run by a shady former dance prodigy (Uma Thurman).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, judges are opting to sanction lawyers who submit briefs tainted by AI errors, Moylan said, sometimes fining those who refuse to admit wrongdoing or referring them to their state’s bar association for disciplinary actions.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Like the impish anti-romance that crumbles around it, the movie’s twist is both transgressive enough to be pleased with itself and also rooted in a reality that refuses to be dismissed as a bad joke.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Veto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veto. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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