the vote

noun

: the legal right to vote
In 1920, American women won the vote.

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According to documents from the vote, PS agreed to a 20-year contract with the county. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 But that changed on Friday, when Anutin Charnvirakul, a veteran of Thai politics, won the vote in parliament. Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Green won reelection with nearly 60% of the vote last November. Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters. Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the vote

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“The vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vote. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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