the vote

noun

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

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Cameroon’s election management body took a painstaking 15 days to declare Biya the victor with just 54% of the vote, his lowest showing since 1992. Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025 Residents of the condo building Jade at Brickell requested the vote be delayed to give them more time to resolve disagreements with the developers. Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025 When the shutdown ended last month, Grijalva signed the petition, forcing the vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025 Following the vote, Beatty took to X with claims that she and other opponents of the vote were muted on the conference call where the vote took place and were not allowed to vote their differing opinions. Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 18 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 23 Dec. 2025.

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