Sentence examples for be seconded by from inspiring English sources

"be seconded by" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used in the context of voting, when one person nominates another for a particular position and then someone else second's that nomination. For example, "The motion to elect Peter as the new president was seconded by Sarah."

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The bill is being co-sponsored by Liberal MP Teresa Gambaro and will be seconded by Labor backbencher Terri Butler.

That meant, as Kristen put it, "a whole lot of Asperger's" — an armchair diagnosis that would later be seconded by a health-care professional.

6 February 2015 Western Australia Liberal backbencher Luke Simpkins gives notice that he will move a leadership spill motion, to be seconded by the fellow WA MP Don Randall.

Looking at the catalytic efficacy (kcat/Km), D-threose performed a little bit better than L-glyceraldehyde and D-erythrose, only to be seconded by methylglyoxal (Table 2).

These conservative criticisms of the set of economic and political premises I have enumerated could be seconded by critics in the ideological middle and on the left, of course.

This interpretation may be seconded by results from the Schuckit et al. [ 5] study.

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Derek Sugden was seconded by Arup to oversee its reconstruction.

The motion was seconded by independent MP Bob Katter.

He is seconded by Christian Bouchet, the party leader in Nantes.

That view is seconded by the state of Israel.

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