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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
In Virginia, 65% of women cast their ballots for Spanberger (whose opponent was also a woman, GOP lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears).
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
At-large school board members were not on the ballot this year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Voters cast their ballots in all six wards in Prairie Village, with 12 candidates total, alongside the petition question.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Earlier Tuesday, Sheffield cast her ballot at the Horatio Williams Building on Rivard, in Detroit’s Lafayette Park neighborhood.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
At-large school board members were not on the ballot this year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
Voters cast their ballots in all six wards in Prairie Village, with 12 candidates total, alongside the petition question.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Earlier Tuesday, Sheffield cast her ballot at the Horatio Williams Building on Rivard, in Detroit’s Lafayette Park neighborhood.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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What To Know Kretchmar won the mayoral election by a whisker, winning 917 votes to Republican incumbent Thomas Todd Hamilton's 904 votes.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Illinois, the state House’s top Republican has questioned whether Pritzker has enough votes on his side—and, given that Democrats already hold two of the state’s three House seats, even a successful effort might not gain them much.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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