agenda

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Given that, the best political play for Obama and for his agenda is arguably to get no further involved in the Burris affair, allowing the situation to play out, as increasingly looks likely, with Burris filling the president-elect's old seat.

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  1. noun A list or program of things to be done or considered: "They share with them an agenda beyond the immediate goal of democratization of the electoral process” (Daniel Sneider).
  2. noun A plural of agendum.
  3. usage note
    It is true that Cicero would have used agendum to refer to a single item of business before the Roman Senate, with agenda as its plural. But in Modern English a phrase such as item on the agenda expresses the sense of agendum, and agenda is used as a singular noun to denote the set or list of such items, as in The agenda for the meeting has not yet been set. If a plural of agenda is required, the form should be agendas: The agendas of both meetings are exceptionally varied.

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  • Given that, the best political play for Obama and for his agenda is arguably to get no further involved in the Burris affair, allowing the situation to play out, as increasingly looks likely, with Burris filling the president-elect's old seat. —  The Swamp
  • Sabotaging us in California, politically sleeping with bigots and ignoring and fatally postponing our agenda are the actions of a bigot and an enemy. —  Queerty
  • Also on the agenda is a presentation by Alex Nogales, president of the theater critic Damien Jaques, observed in his blog, "West Side Story" returns to Broadway this week, but it's a very different New York than when the show first opened in the '50s. —  JSOnline.com
  • Underscoring this agenda is the recognition that the economic / budget crisis is not being solved within the parameters of the established political system. —  Indybay newswire
  • High on the agenda is action to clamp down on tax havens - with Mr Brown yesterday urging those with links to Britain - such as the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar - to implement international standards. —  icNewcastle
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  1. Latin, pl. of agendum, agendum; see agendum.
 

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