as in vote
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's suffrage
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Recent Examples of suffrage
Florida Ruffin Ridley leveraged her role as an educator and editor to combat racial injustice and promote women’s suffrage.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
In the case of white settler colonies, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, the development of early representative assemblies and the expansion of suffrage did not threaten the white political elite’s hold on power.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Britain's Liberals were slow to recognize the growing momentum of the women's suffrage movement and progressive Democrats have overplayed their hand on race and gender.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
In the case of white settler colonies, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, the development of early representative assemblies and the expansion of suffrage did not threaten the white political elite’s hold on power.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Britain's Liberals were slow to recognize the growing momentum of the women's suffrage movement and progressive Democrats have overplayed their hand on race and gender.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
Noun
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The resolution will be brought to the entire DNC body for a final vote.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Trump had campaigned on ending taxes on Social Security benefits but that proposal would have run afoul of a special procedure Republicans are using to push through the tax law changes without any Democratic votes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Trump has gained support in McHenry County over the last few election cycles, with 51% of voters there casting a ballot for him in 2020 and 2016.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Four council seats and the mayor’s seat will be on the November ballot.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The latest Mission: Impossible movie takes great care to wind details from films throughout the 30-year-old franchise into its storyline.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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His 212 career wins are second in franchise history behind only Don Sutton’s 233 and his 2.50 ERA ranks third.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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