vote of no confidence
noun phrase
: a formal vote by which the members of a legislature or similar deliberative body vote in order to indicate that they no longer support a leader, government, etc.
The chairwoman was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence by the board of trustees.
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The Dispatch additionally reported more than a dozen staffers signed an end-of-summer letter to Bellamkonda expressing a vote of no confidence in Verna’s leadership.
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News Desk, Artforum, 30 Oct. 2025
The Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association has taken a vote of no confidence in former Fire Chief Jim Davis.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Because parliament was riven among pro-democracy parties, the communists, and the Nazis, Papen was able to govern by emergency decree But parliament could still topple his government with a vote of no confidence, and thus Papen needed the parliamentary parties not to actively oppose him.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Haverhill’s police chief has resigned following a police union vote of no confidence in the management of the department after two tragedies.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 30 Oct. 2025
The Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association has taken a vote of no confidence in former Fire Chief Jim Davis.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Because parliament was riven among pro-democracy parties, the communists, and the Nazis, Papen was able to govern by emergency decree But parliament could still topple his government with a vote of no confidence, and thus Papen needed the parliamentary parties not to actively oppose him.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Haverhill’s police chief has resigned following a police union vote of no confidence in the management of the department after two tragedies.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vote of no confidence
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“Vote of no confidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vote%20of%20no%20confidence. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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