Crossword-Solution: VETOED 6 letters, 28 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Vetoed imp. & p. p. of Veto

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VETOED anagram DEVOTE

We have 28 clues for the answer “VETOED”

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Forbidden by authority 1 answer
Turned thumbs down on 1 answer
Rejected, like a bill 1 answer
Put the kibosh on, presidentially 1 answer
Presidentially rejected 1 answer
OVERRODE 1 answer
Nixed, à la Nixon 1 answer
Nixed by Nixon, e.g. 1 answer
Nixed at the Security Council 1 answer
Like pocketed bills 1 answer
Killed, in a way 1 answer
Killed, as a bill 1 answer
Killed in the Oval Office 1 answer
Killed a bill 1 answer
Exercised a presidential power 1 answer
Acted presidential? 1 answer
Rejected, in a way 2 answers
Voted against 2 answers
Shot down 2 answers
Said no to 3 answers
Quashed 4 answers
Interdicted 4 answers
ruled out 6 answers
Nixed 6 answers
Turned down 12 answers
Put the kibosh on 21 answers
Prohibited 38 answers
rejected 68 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with VETOED (5)

Should the bill pass, there was still a possibility that it might be vetoed by the Governor, of whom we did not feel sure.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home Bayard Taylor 2008
The bill, though opposed mainly by representatives from the Southern States, where doctrinaire politics and orthodox theology were in strong alliance with negro slavery, was passed by both Houses of Congress, but vetoed by President Buchanan, in whom the doctrinaire and orthodox spirit was incarnate.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Andrew Dickson White 1996
The thought of following his example entered Daylight's mind, but the big game of San Francisco vetoed the idea.
Burning Daylight Jack London 1996
But when I thought of the many mountains to cross, and of crossing them for three months with a poor tired span, I vetoed the proposition and said we'd have to come back to gasolene after all.
The Human Drift Jack London 2005
When Clyde explained to the Kurdish headmen the nature of his relationship with the runaway couple they were gravely sympathetic, but vetoed any idea of summary vengeance, since the Habsburgs would be sure to insist on the delivery of Dobrinton alive, and in a reasonably undamaged condition.
Reginald in Russia Saki 2010

Quotes with VETOED (3)

-For me, a democracy is when the population proposes laws, for example, a petition, which are adopted or vetoed by the population by referendum. Or it's not a democracy, nor even a parody. Europe's true vocation is to make democracy impossible and install a government of experts. -Europe bothers you?-I'm against it for the reasons I cited. Democracy is the future. Europe is a regression. Elected representatives means no more democracy. -We're pretty free in France.-You think?…
Michel Houllebecq
Cixi’s lack of formal education was more than made up for by her intuitive intelligence, which she liked to use from her earliest years. In 1843, when she was seven, the empire had just finished its first war with the West, the Opium War, which had been started by Britain in reaction to Beijing clamping down on the illegal opium trade conducted by British merchants. China was defeated and had to pay a hefty indemnity. Desperate for funds, Emperor Daoguang (father of Cixi’s fu…
Jung Chang Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
When Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the same-sex marriage bill, my blood was boiling. I had been silent, but that night, Brad and I watched the news and saw all these young people pouring out on Santa Monica Boulevard venting their rage, and I said, 'I have to speak out.'
George Takei
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Appears in: Chicago Tribune, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 34 times in crossword archives (1971–2025).