1
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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3
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
John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the Huskies (37-3) were a unanimous selection receiving all 31 first-place votes in the final poll of the year.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Katie Akin, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Libby is suing Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and House of Representatives clerk Robert Hunt after the Democrat majority voted to censure her over a February social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a state pole vault competition.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But the fallout from the U.K.’s vote, in 2016, to withdraw from the European Union was largely limited to its own inhabitants.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the Huskies (37-3) were a unanimous selection receiving all 31 first-place votes in the final poll of the year.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Our readers even voted it the state's best in our 2024 South's Best awards.
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Libby is suing Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and House of Representatives clerk Robert Hunt after the Democrat majority voted to censure her over a February social media post that identified a trans athlete who won a state pole vault competition.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vote
Noun
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Britain's Liberals were slow to recognize the growing momentum of the women's suffrage movement and progressive Democrats have overplayed their hand on race and gender.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The bedsheet ballot will appear again on Election Day.—
Daniel Biss,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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Between now and then, Wisconsin voters will head to the polls each spring to cast ballots in a state Supreme Court race.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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But, according to a later New York Observer report, Lowry moved swiftly to rein in their power, layering a set of deputy directors above them who would manage the finances and have final say over their priorities.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Some critics are worried that Musk would have an even greater say in NASA if Isaacman is confirmed.—
Wendy Whitman Cobb,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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Alternately, Primack proposes that Chisholm ask for a one-time waiver from the NBA, gambling that the record sticker tag of the sale (which does not even include a stake in the Celtics' home arena, TD Garden) would probably dissuade the league's other owners from turning down such an agreement.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Yet the government is proposing to cut the salaries of teachers and civil servants, while steering more than one and a quarter billion dollars to ultra-Orthodox parties and schools and West Bank settlements.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In January, the company scrapped a rights issue of shares, opting to borrow 450 billion won from Ryu to reduce its debt burden, which had ballooned to 1.5 times equity.—
Gloria Haraito,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ludvig Aberg, a runner-up in his Masters debut a year ago, suddenly had a share of the lead when McIlroy fell apart on the middle of the back nine.—
Time,
Time,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Leff suggested using disinfectant wipes to sanitize flyers' seat areas, since with airflow and filtration will spread smells, sprays, or perfumes.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Meantime, hopes for a China- U.S. trade deal resurfaced after the American president suggested on Thursday that duties on Chinese imports may have peaked.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Trump no longer feels compelled to pay much attention to the Washington establishment voices that constrained some of his instincts during his first term.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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North also took an interest in voice acting, nabbing roles in the animated shows Arabian Knights, Here Comes the Grump, The Pebbles and Bam-Bam Show and The Flintstones Comedy Hour.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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However, the rising demand for financial aid and the decline in international applications pose significant challenges.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Habitat disturbances, including tourism, fertilizer collection, and limestone mining, pose significant threats to its survival, which is why it is listed as ‘near threatened‘ on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vote. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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