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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a casting vote" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of decision-making, particularly in meetings or elections, where a tie occurs and an additional vote is needed to break it.
Example: "In the event of a tie, the chairperson will exercise a casting vote to determine the outcome."
Alternatives: "deciding vote" or "tie-breaking vote".
Idiom
Casting vote.
The casting vote is a vote given to a chairman or president that is used when there is a deadlock.
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In the end, only TV ratings have a casting vote.
We could suggest what terms we would like, but we wouldn't get a casting vote.
It is only if the board and the judge are split equally that the judge advocate has a casting vote.
As Hammill notes with some amusement, being a three-piece means "there is always a casting vote".
Not only does texture have a casting vote over a food's acceptability, it is also essential in identifying it.
The director of cricket, Martyn Moxon, is in charge of the overall structure of the club but gets involved in selection only when a casting vote is required.
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That would often give them the casting vote in a more powerful second chamber.
If a dispute did arise, the casting vote would surely go to Rowling?
Currently, a majority of those casting votes is enough to start a walkout.
The Deaniacs contributed to a swelling in the numbers casting votes in the early Democratic primaries.
Barrett supporters casting votes at a converted Methodist church in Appleton voiced fear of defeat.
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