ballot

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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president

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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot

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Recent Examples of ballot But one of the boxes did not contain five packets of ballots, which totaled 250 ballots, according to Bellows. Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025 Soundtracks vying for the fifth spot on the final ballot include both albums that are credited to specific artists and those that show Various Artists. Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025 Johnson went onto win 300 more games and become a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Barry Jackson updated October 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 The last day for absentee voting is November 4, 2025, and ballots must be returned by mail or delivered to local boards of elections by this date. Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballot
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  • The grand jury that approved the charges against Comey was divided, as 14 of the 23 jurors approved the two counts, just over the necessary 12-vote threshold.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Shareholders with voting rights get a vote at the annual general meeting on minor administrative matters — for example, the appointment of auditors or a change of bankers.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • In slideshows that accompany each track, Meléndez-Badillo shares snippets of Puerto Rican history — covering the origins of the Puerto Rican flag, women's suffrage, the independence movement and the island's beloved coquí frogs.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • As a writer and active member of the Whig Party, Malthus was a reformer who advocated free national education, the extension of suffrage, the abolition of slavery and free medical care for the poor, among other programs.
    Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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