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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
in the United States, women were granted the vote by the 19th Amendment in 1920
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2
as in ballot
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
dropped her vote into the ballot box
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as in say
the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion
he argued for a vote in the matter, since he was going to be affected by the final decision
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as in to propose
to set before the mind for consideration
I vote we quit working and go out for lunch
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Recent Examples of vote
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
When Wiley came in third and was eliminated, her votes split heavily — more than 72% — for Garcia.
—Judd Kessler, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Starbase, the Cameron County development two miles down the road that houses the test facility for SpaceX rockets and is home to some 500 people, officially voted to become Texas’s newest city.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Noun
Launching an off-budget fund takes a simple majority vote, and officials still can claim that cap limits — which don’t extend beyond the formal budget — haven’t been broken.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
When Wiley came in third and was eliminated, her votes split heavily — more than 72% — for Garcia.
—Judd Kessler, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
Verb
That will reveal where Fed staff expect several key economic data points to head in the near future, notably indicating the median expectation for rate cuts from the policymakers who vote on conducting them.
—Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Starbase, the Cameron County development two miles down the road that houses the test facility for SpaceX rockets and is home to some 500 people, officially voted to become Texas’s newest city.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vote
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The 7-acre green space just north of the White House, known as Lafayette Square, had been a rallying place for change for more than a century, from women’s suffrage marches in 1917 to the fight for racial equality and gay rights half a century later.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Following the faith’s core beliefs in nonviolence and justice, Quakers have demonstrated for the abolition of slavery, in favor of the suffrage movement, against both World Wars, and the U.S. roles in the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, said Ross Brubeck, 38, one of the Quaker march organizers.—
Luis Andres Henao,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Trulieve, which spent about $145 million on last year’s recreational-marijuana proposal, is backing a similar recreational-pot measure aimed at the 2026 ballot.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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On their ballot, voters can rank up to five candidates in any order.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
17 June 2025
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Through the power of his veto pen, Gov. Ron DeSantis has the final say on most decisions made by the Legislature.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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If both bills are approved in the Assembly and Senate respectively, voters will have the final say on whether or not the bonds will succeed on their 2026 ballots.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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In 2024, both presidential candidates proposed a tax credit for family caregivers; a bipartisan bill now in the House would establish a federal tax credit of $5,000 a year.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration proposed a dramatic expansion of its power to speed up drug reviews.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Credit utilization is the share of one’s outstanding debt relative to their credit limit.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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If billionaires don’t want aircrafts all to themselves—or don’t want to shell out the big bucks to store, maintain and staff their own planes—another option is fractional ownership, which means purchasing a share of a plane and access to it for a proportional number of hours per year.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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Data suggests that drone incursions into restricted airspace are occurring more frequently.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 June 2025
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Sunny’s debut in the summer of 2005 didn’t suggest that either longevity or greatness were in the offing.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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Consider my brand voice, my audience's psychology, and my business goals.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Advertisement Iran’s fate will, and should, be written by Iranians—not in foreign capitals or closed rooms, but on their own streets, with their own voices, and through their own struggle.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo during their meeting on the sidelines of the China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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For $50, get a professional 8-by-10 printed posed photo with him.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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“Vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vote. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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