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  • adjective After a vote.

Etymologies

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post- +‎ vote

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Examples

  • But the postvote outlook remains cloudy, in part due to Nigeria's brand of brute politics that has re-emerged ahead of the vote.

    Violence Presages Nigeria Poll Will Connors 2011

  • Complaints by the campaigns of lawmaker Ramazan Bashardost and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani — expected to place third and fourth, respectively — were echoed by other minor presidential candidates, and heightened postvote tensions a day before the first partial returns were to be announced.

    More Afghan Candidates Claim Fraud 2009

  • Members of a parliamentary investigative committee hit back at Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of hard-line President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, and defended the findings in a critical report it issued last week about the treatment of postvote detainees.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

  • Other than Perriello - who was the target of 12 consecutive postvote GOP e-mails accusing him of breaking his promises - a handful of members immediately stood out for casting especially tough votes.

    Pat Dollard | Young Americans 2009

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