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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president
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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot
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Recent Examples of ballot
On their ballot, voters can rank up to five candidates in any order.
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Voters received nine, text-heavy ballots in a rainbow of color codes.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
Last year, ride-share drivers there won union rights through a statewide ballot initiative.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court declined the GOP’s emergency request to intervene as ballots were being cast.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Voters received nine, text-heavy ballots in a rainbow of color codes.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
Last year, ride-share drivers there won union rights through a statewide ballot initiative.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
In November, the U.S. Supreme Court declined the GOP’s emergency request to intervene as ballots were being cast.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
Noun
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But the agenda also includes a vote for these types of vaccines, offering a stronger signal that the CDC may alter its recommendations for flu vaccines.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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Needless to say, Ladson will be driving his truck to the next round after getting four big yes votes.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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But Fellowes refuses to treat it as a heel turn, even clumsily transforming Bertha into a proto-feminist who picks a fight about female suffrage at a dinner party and risks her own social status to advocate for divorced women.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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Scholars point to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 as being the start of the women’s suffrage movement, but women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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