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
Opponents assert that the decision is an obvious attempt to expand their own support base by offering suffrage to a demographic that consistently leans in their favor.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2025
By the spring of 1918, New York and 11 other states had given women the right to vote; the House had passed a federal suffrage amendment, and voting rights advocates were lobbying the Senate to do the same.
—Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
America’s long tradition of assembly began with the Boston Tea Party and has continued throughout history with the women’s suffrage parade, Civil Rights Movement, Kent State and national march for lesbian and gay rights.
—Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
On this day in 1848, the women’s suffrage movement began at its earnest in the United States with the first ever women’s rights convention held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.
—AZCentral.com, 2 May 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2025
By the spring of 1918, New York and 11 other states had given women the right to vote; the House had passed a federal suffrage amendment, and voting rights advocates were lobbying the Senate to do the same.
—Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
America’s long tradition of assembly began with the Boston Tea Party and has continued throughout history with the women’s suffrage parade, Civil Rights Movement, Kent State and national march for lesbian and gay rights.
—Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
On this day in 1848, the women’s suffrage movement began at its earnest in the United States with the first ever women’s rights convention held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.
—AZCentral.com, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
Noun
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Sympathizers of the party organized a recall vote on one-fifth of the KMT’s lawmakers, hoping voters will kick them out of office and replace them with DPP representatives.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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More than 50 Texas Democrats left the state over the weekend to prevent a quorum in the legislature and thus hinder a vote planned for a congressional redistricting poised to hand five U.S. House seats to Republicans, improving the GOP’s slim majority.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The first batch of results was expected to be released at 8 p.m. and will include all early ballots that had been accepted and processed by Aug. 1.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Finally, this June, the actor returned to the ballot, this time for The Pitt, the HBO Max breakout that’s dominating conversations in 2025.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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In the 8-episode sci-fi drama inspired by the film franchise, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold.—
Anne Easton,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Padres have become the better baseball franchise.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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