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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
So, too, did about 75% of independent voters and voters who last year cast a ballot for former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Start here to read our coverage about a sales tax referendum that also will be on all Mecklenburg County ballots in November.
—Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
California responded by putting a referendum on the state's ballot in November that, if passed, would shift five seats toward Democrats.
—Adam Wagner, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
At issue is the legality of Measure C, the do-over ballot measure that asked city of San Diego voters to strike the entirety of the 1,324-acre Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan area from the city’s Coastal Height Limit Overlay Zone, or coastal zone for short.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Start here to read our coverage about a sales tax referendum that also will be on all Mecklenburg County ballots in November.
—Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
California responded by putting a referendum on the state's ballot in November that, if passed, would shift five seats toward Democrats.
—Adam Wagner, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
At issue is the legality of Measure C, the do-over ballot measure that asked city of San Diego voters to strike the entirety of the 1,324-acre Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan area from the city’s Coastal Height Limit Overlay Zone, or coastal zone for short.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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Since there was no elimination last week, viewer votes from Dedication Night and Wicked Night were combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine the couple sent home.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The judges' scores and audience votes from the night were carried over.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Decades of fighting for women’s suffrage in the United States found success in 1920, which kicked off a decade of some relaxation of the restrictions on women.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked to wedge women’s lives into the laws of the land.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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