electionlike
adjEtymology From election + -like.
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Resembling or characteristic of an election.
- The delay gave the White House time to conduct an electionlike media campaign.1999 January 27, David Brooks, “When the Tide Turned in the Clinton Case”, in The New York Times:
- Which nonprofits receive money and how much they get are determined in an electionlike process.2003 January 31, Tony Cooper, “Profit & principles / Ygnacio Valley grad Mike Hannigan's firm gives 92 percent of its after-tax profits to charity”, in SFGATE:
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- He said the anti-Upton ads and the ACC’s response has created an electionlike atmosphere at a time when voters aren’t thinking about the next election.2011 July 4, Darren Samuelsohn, “Upton braces for earful back home”, in Politico: