the vote

noun

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

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So the vote goes to Fitzpatrick, a second-round pick in 2016 (No. 59) who played 11 AHL games for the organization. The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025 And the vote would suggest that these aldermen of the majority, such as Ald. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 In the 2018 primary, Nixon received 34 percent of the vote, while Cuomo won nearly 65 percent support. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 The legislation’s passage represents a significant victory for the cryptocurrency industry, which lobbied the Senate heavily in the lead-up to the vote. David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the vote

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