the vote

noun

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

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Governor Adriana Kugler was absent from the meeting and did not participate in the vote. Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025 The committee voted 26-3 for all of the above, which meant that the vote wasn’t simply split across party lines as so many Congressional votes seem to go these days. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Ossoff, who is running for reelection in purple Georgia, quickly faced GOP criticism for the vote. David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2025 Junior Officers Reserve Training Corps (JROTC) Savannah Rucker, Fairview: Rucker had 44% of the vote among 15 nominations. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 14 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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