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
Only decades later did Black, brown, Asian and Native American women win suffrage.
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Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Hemlines continued to rise, with the start of World War I and the women’s suffrage movement.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2025
There were many episodes about temperance, women's suffrage and Jim Crow laws this season on the series, all historical elements that brought great change and chaos to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
One relative attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, a pivotal moment in the movement for women’s rights and suffrage.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Hemlines continued to rise, with the start of World War I and the women’s suffrage movement.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2025
There were many episodes about temperance, women's suffrage and Jim Crow laws this season on the series, all historical elements that brought great change and chaos to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
One relative attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, a pivotal moment in the movement for women’s rights and suffrage.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
Noun
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But the Democratic leadership is demanding an immediate extension to soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies for their votes, saying Americans face a sharp rise in health care costs without them.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Last week, the measure failed on its first test in the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to advance.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the record and song of the year categories, several women familiar from recent best new artist contention are likely to return to the ballot.—
Alan Light,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Barring any ties, there will be eight artists or tracks nominated in each of these four divisions (versus five for all the down-ballot categories).—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Adames had a rocky start to his tenure in San Francisco after signing a seven-year, $182 million deal this offseason, the largest contract in franchise history at the time.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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Her final five looks referenced the Terminator franchise and were incredibly beautiful, a mixture of flashy metallic leather and luxurious-looking knits that the judges deemed more worthy of the win than Ethan’s fantastical Gothic collection and Jesus’s maximalist Barbie-pink outfits.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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