the vote

noun

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

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In the run-up to the vote, United Nations rights monitors said Myanmar had witnessed intensified violence, repression and intimidation with civilians being threatened by both the military authorities and armed groups opposing them. Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025 Asfura’s win came weeks after the vote — which election officials said was too close to call — sparking allegations of fraud. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Dec. 2025 Héctor Corrales, director of the Honduran research institute NODO and a member of the European Union’s election observation mission, told the New York Times that investigators had found no evidence of widespread or coordinated fraud in the vote count. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 25 Dec. 2025 Democratic lawmakers who hold ex officio board seats due to their roles in Congress argued that the vote, which the administration claimed was unanimous, was conducted improperly. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 25 Dec. 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 30 Dec. 2025.

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