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as in votes
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 suffrages
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 ballots
With about 90% of ballots counted, California voters passed Proposition 50 by a wide margin, but results from the Sacramento region reflect a community split on the measure.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In California, 79 percent of voters under 30 cast ballots in favor of Proposition 50.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Over 25,000 ballots were tallied for this year’s audience awards.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1912 one-sixth of Oklahoma voters cast their ballots for Eugene Debs, a former railroad union leader, who ran for president on the Socialist Party (SP) ticket.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
In Virginia, 65% of women cast their ballots for Spanberger (whose opponent was also a woman, GOP lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears).
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Skoog received 26,377 votes out of 37,347 voters who cast their ballots, according to unofficial results.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Edmundo Gonzalez, who ran with Machado's backing, claimed victory in an election against Maduro last year after ballots counted by the opposition showed Gonzalez had won resounding support.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Dutch parliamentary election tests ruling far-right party Dutch voters cast ballots today in a parliamentary election in which a far-right party that led opinion polls for months has seen its advantage narrow into a three-horse race.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In California, 79 percent of voters under 30 cast ballots in favor of Proposition 50.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Over 25,000 ballots were tallied for this year’s audience awards.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1912 one-sixth of Oklahoma voters cast their ballots for Eugene Debs, a former railroad union leader, who ran for president on the Socialist Party (SP) ticket.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
In Virginia, 65% of women cast their ballots for Spanberger (whose opponent was also a woman, GOP lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears).
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Skoog received 26,377 votes out of 37,347 voters who cast their ballots, according to unofficial results.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Edmundo Gonzalez, who ran with Machado's backing, claimed victory in an election against Maduro last year after ballots counted by the opposition showed Gonzalez had won resounding support.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Dutch parliamentary election tests ruling far-right party Dutch voters cast ballots today in a parliamentary election in which a far-right party that led opinion polls for months has seen its advantage narrow into a three-horse race.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballots
votes
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Pennsylvania election data shows that in the 2024 presidential election, Republicans accounted for 34% of the total votes by mail, up from 23% in the 2020 race.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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And those tax credits’ fate is going to weigh heavily on their votes to reopen it.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ballots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballots. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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