the vote

noun

: the legal right to vote

In 1920, American women won the vote.

Examples of the vote in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The poll represented the strongest showing yet for Raman, who trailed Bass in almost every poll during the primary campaign and who came in second to Bass in the primary election, with 29% of the vote compared with Bass’ 34%. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Some have even suggested that such a presence might be necessary to ensure trust in the vote, a claim that voting officials across the United States deny. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026

With over 97% of the vote counted from three days of balloting that ended Sunday, election officials said the main Kremlin party, United Russia, will get more than three-fourths of the seats in the lower house, the State Duma, a record high. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

The two were the top finishers in the three-candidate August primary, with Peña getting about 47% and Moore about 29% of the vote. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the vote

• afloat
• azote
• banknote
• bareboat
• benzoate
• connote
• cutthroat
• demote
• denote
• devote
• endnote
• footnote