votes 1 of 2

plural of vote
1
as in suffrages
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 ballots
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election dropped her vote into the ballot box

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3
as in says
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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votes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of vote

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Recent Examples of votes
Noun
Developers have lost similar votes this year in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina. — Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Those ballots take longer to count than in-person votes, as officials need to deal with envelopes and verify signatures to make sure mail ballots are cast by the people they're supposed to be cast by. — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 As Darman had correctly forecast, Clinton beat Bush, winning 370 electoral votes to Bush’s 168. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, directors are elected by a plurality of votes cast. — Gary M. Mars, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 But no one can know for sure who will turn out until after votes are counted — polls aren’t predictions, only snapshots in time. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 The Hurricanes received 40 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel and were just 22 points ahead of BYU, which won a thriller at home over Notre Dame. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 In battleground states, anti-trans messages could cost votes and spell defeat for Democrats who rely on them. — Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 Pawlik edged Howerton in Washington County, 12,698 votes (40%) to 12,129 (38%). — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
Nothing shortlists the candidates, and the community votes on its forum. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Kay heads a 21-member board that makes recommendations to the membership which then votes up or down on them. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 But her anti-woke positioning is a tough sell in a part of Chicagoland that votes reliably Democrat. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 The central bank’s eight-member Board votes on interest rate decisions, along with regional Fed presidents. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 Republicans say that while this is a tough election year, their candidates in Iowa are strong enough to win in a state that consistently votes Republican. — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 If the council votes to declare the land surplus, there would be a 60-day period during which interested parties could express their interest in purchasing the land, followed by a 90-day period of negotiations. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The Kennedy Center votes to close, Merriam-Webster adds new words, and House lawmakers leave early. — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026 Until the Senate votes on the bill, no change will be enacted into law. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for votes
Noun
  • The secretary of state's office reported 188,667 in-person ballots Tuesday, an increase of about 40% over the first day in 2022.
    — Monique John, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Other top concerns included politicians interfering with the election and mail-in ballots getting lost, stolen or delayed.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The idea, Was says, was to focus on Weir’s songs and the characters in them rather than on the jammy side of the Dead.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
  • It was given a 60 percent chance of cyclone formation through seven says—a 10- percentage-point increase over the previous day.
    — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The second scenario in the speculative design research is built around an imagined service called Paren’t, which proposes to preserve a parent’s AI-powered postmortem presence for their child.
    — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
  • For example, one hypothesis proposes that stress can accelerate early brain development.
    — Catherine Demers, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That news knocked about 5% off its shares on July 27 and sent the cost of insuring its debt sharply higher.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners are the sole holders of Skydance’s Class A stock, giving them 100% control the voting shares.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • With stimulus checks gone and student loan payments back, Maggiulli suggests the drop may partly be a return to normal.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Data from 2024-2025 suggests that the industry is scaling, with organic cotton initiatives bringing in around 2,062 farmers on approximately 4,600 hectares of farmland, with projections reaching 7,400 hectares by 2025-2026.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Leica still makes film cameras, including the MP and M-A, which have no digital parts.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Gators’ star averaged 150 yards and scored 11 touchdowns, while striking Heisman poses and entering the conversation for the sport’s top individual award.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic have warned that the technology’s fast development poses serious risks to jobs and human existence.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But because progress requires more voices, more perspectives, and a willingness to listen across differences.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The blend, like how Serj and I sing together and how our personalities are so different, and our voices are so different, and our attitudes even are so different—AI would never in a million years guess that would work.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Votes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/votes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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