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Discover LudwigThe phrase "deciding vote" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the vote that determines the outcome of a decision or election. Example: The election results came down to one deciding vote, ultimately giving the victory to the incumbent mayor.
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Must the judge cast the deciding vote?
For all his affability, he casts the deciding vote.
Athene casts the deciding vote – and spares the mother-killer.
But a president, a president always casts the deciding vote.
He cast the deciding vote to kill her.
In a deadlocked Senate, Al Gore cast the deciding vote.
It was Das who cast the deciding vote in Braun's favor.
Powell, a "genteel Southerner," had provided the fifth and deciding vote in upholding Georgia's sodomy law.
It turns out to be the deciding vote in the presidential race.
He also cast the deciding vote on last year's stimulus bill.
Observers on both sides expect Ms. White to have the deciding vote on any disclosure rule.
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