Crossword-Solution: VETO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Veto | n. | An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. |
| Veto | n. | A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power. |
| Veto | n. | The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes. |
| Veto | n. | A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message. |
| Veto | v. t. | To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| VETO | anagram | TOVE, VOET, VOTE |
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The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
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Sentences with VETO (5)
Bertie was an amiable, easy-going young man, who was quite ready to marry anyone who was favourably recommended to his notice, but he was not going to waste his time in falling in love with anyone who would come under his grandmother’s veto.
With the amiable purpose of embarrassing the Governor of the territory, who was a Republican and had been appointed by the President, the members passed the bill and put it up to him to veto.
The general of the women's army sits in the cabinet of the President and has a veto on measures respecting women's work, pending appeals to Congress.
The qualified veto of the President destroys nothing; it only delays the passage of a law, and refers it to the people for their consideration and decision.
Linton has a prejudice against me: we quarrelled at one time of our lives, with unchristian ferocity; and, if you mention coming here to him, he’ll put a veto on your visits altogether.
Quotes with VETO (3)
During the Bosnian war in the late 1990s, I spent several days traveling around the country with Susan Sontag and her son, my dear friend David Rieff. On one occasion, we made a special detour to the town of Zenica, where there was reported to be a serious infiltration of outside Muslim extremists: a charge that was often used to slander the Bosnian government of the time. We found very little evidence of that, but the community itself was much riven as between Muslim, Croat,…
To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed by the president or a governor, and perhaps override a veto. A Supreme Court justice need only persuade four other people. If he or she is not internally constrained by the authority of a text, he or she is not constrained.
Why didn't the Democrats accomplish more right after the 2006 elections that gave them control of Congress? It wasn't just that they didn't have votes to override a presidential veto or block a filibuster. They didn't use their mandate to substantially change how the public--and the media-- thought about issues. They just tried to be rational, to devise programs to fit people's interests and the polls. Because there was little understanding of the brain, there was no campaign…
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Used 505 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).