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Example sentences for: elective

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Eventually, his forced resignations from the Truman and Eisenhower administrations led Rockefeller to turn to elective office as the one way of establishing an independent base.
We studied 50 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery, following approval from the local ethics committee and once written informed consent had been obtained from each patient.
Some hospitals are delaying elective procedures to deal with the influx of flu patients.
The nursing shortage in our ICU led to selecting the sicker admissions and decreasing the number of elective admissions.
The scenarios under consideration tend to emphasize making membership entirely or partially elective, which would make the House of Lords more democratic, and then giving the upper chamber greater power than it currently enjoys.