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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
Patterson, who hasn’t been a full-time coach since 2021, would come to USC just weeks after being voted into the College Football Hall of Fame on his first ballot.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Long-time Yankees corner outfielder Brett Gardner will be a first-year ballot member next time around.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Now local activists have qualified an initiative for the November ballot that would slash those numbers to 2,900.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Tafoya is hoping to break a long losing streak for Republicans at the top of Minnesota’s ballot.
—Steve Karnowski, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Long-time Yankees corner outfielder Brett Gardner will be a first-year ballot member next time around.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Now local activists have qualified an initiative for the November ballot that would slash those numbers to 2,900.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Tafoya is hoping to break a long losing streak for Republicans at the top of Minnesota’s ballot.
—Steve Karnowski, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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Commissioners appoint James Reyes city manager In a separate 4-1 vote, commissioners selected James Reyes as Miami's new city manager.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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By an 11-1 vote, a Miami-Dade County jury originally sentenced him to death, but that sentence was overturned in 2017 after a new state law ruled it unconstitutional for a death sentence to be imposed without a unanimous jury verdict, according to the court records.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The talk will encompass later American revolutions which related directly to principles expounded on in the Declaration of Independence such as abolition and women’s suffrage and civil rights.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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The National Diet building, in Tokyo, predates women’s suffrage in the country.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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