veto
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈviːtoʊ/
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veto
- If this were my world, Corey and I would have veto power for all music released into the airwaves.
- veto power
- override the veto
- presidential veto
And that's why they always use their veto in the UN Security Council.
- And that's why they always use their veto in the UN Security Council.
- And they will also have veto in the new Constitutional Court.
- And Biden came in and supported the veto of that bill.
- You Republicans and you Trump supporters must now pass a veto proof DACA bill.
- Britain has a veto, so suggestions of an EU army are fanciful.
- China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States each have full veto power.
- Meaning like at the UN where all countries are sovereign, all countries are members, but Russia has a veto on what countries can and can't do.
- Don't back out now because if you do, you've ceded veto power over US foreign diplomatic travel to Beijing.
- All of these, all of these veto players mean that the choices made once they're embedded are very difficult to change.
- OK, houseguests, it is time, Oh my God, for the veto competition.
- But he was the one that says hold out the veto until.
Examples
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The American constitutional scheme is a large number of veto points.
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And Biden came in and supported the veto of that bill.
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And we use our veto power to protect, to protect Israel.
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All claim their "right" to exercise a veto over the majority.
Academic text (1992) -
I exercise my veto on this reform of the national finance law.
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Will the Prime Minister offer the same right of veto to her community and communities like her across the country of a veto on fracking?
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The goal is to develop a strong bill that will withstand a veto from President Bush.
Academic text (1991) -
The bill was passed over the veto of West Virginia Governor Earl Tomblin.
Academic text (2017) -
The Louisiana legislature overrode a veto of the anti-abortion legislation.
Academic text (1991) -
The United States has exercised its veto several times to block resolutions in the Security Council.
Compounds
- Formal
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8.8
A president or governor keeping a bill not signed until lawmakers end their meeting so it cannot become law
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Etymology
Veto comes from the Latin word veto (from vetare) which meant 'I forbid' or 'to forbid'. That's why a veto is the power to say 'no' and stop a decision.