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
The site of the suffrage memorial has yet to be determined.
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Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Bryan supported women’s suffrage, an eight-hour workday, a minimum wage, and the right of unions to strike.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Scrapbooks, usually memorializing a family or group history, were popularized in America during the Civil War, and used during the suffrage and abolition movement to preserve newspaper clippings.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
By making suffrage central to the story of Wilson’s presidency, Cox reaches devastating conclusions.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Bryan supported women’s suffrage, an eight-hour workday, a minimum wage, and the right of unions to strike.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Scrapbooks, usually memorializing a family or group history, were popularized in America during the Civil War, and used during the suffrage and abolition movement to preserve newspaper clippings.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
By making suffrage central to the story of Wilson’s presidency, Cox reaches devastating conclusions.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
Noun
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The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender, age, race, and education, based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as 2024 presidential vote.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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In the first round of voting, members vote to narrow down nominations, and oftentimes categories are only voted on by voting members of a specific corresponding branch—the actors branch votes for actor categories, the directors branch votes for director categories, and so on.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While some states have increased their minimum wages through ballot measures, the federal minimum wage sits at $7.25, and hasn’t increased since 2009.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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He was listed at the end of a single National League MVP ballot that year.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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One of the afterthoughts, however, was their acquisition of Kevin Porter Jr. The Khris Middleton-Kyle Kuzma swap garnered most of the headlines, as Milwaukee flipped a beloved franchise icon for a volatile forward with unfavorable results at his most recent stop.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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His homecoming at Golden 1 Center is expected to be met with a mix of emotions from fans who once cheered him as the face of the franchise.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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