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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
Newsom realized, though, that anything enacted by a California ballot initiative — such as the non-partisan election commission — can be undone by another initiative.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
If Walsh, who served a stint as Joe Biden’s Labor Secretary, and Wu were on the same ballot, Walsh would lose handily.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The group plans to continue gathering signatures in Kansas City and across Missouri to put the new map on the November 2026 ballot.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Robinson, who has no previous criminal record, is registered to vote but has never cast a ballot in an election and is not registered to a specific party.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
If Walsh, who served a stint as Joe Biden’s Labor Secretary, and Wu were on the same ballot, Walsh would lose handily.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The group plans to continue gathering signatures in Kansas City and across Missouri to put the new map on the November 2026 ballot.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Robinson, who has no previous criminal record, is registered to vote but has never cast a ballot in an election and is not registered to a specific party.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
Noun
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The bill on Wednesday night survived a procedural vote on party lines.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rule votes, historically a test of party loyalty, began to fail more regularly under the Kevin McCarthy and Johnson speakerships.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Only decades later did Black, brown, Asian and Native American women win suffrage.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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