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as in vote
a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election
we collected all of the ballots from the students voting for class president
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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
believes that even convicted felons should have the ballot
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Recent Examples of ballot
What’s being proposed During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump vowed to enact requirements for voter identification and proof of citizenship for Americans casting ballots.
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Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Carey appeared on this year’s ballot alongside Phish, Outkast, Oasis, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division/New Order, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, and Maná.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Collins won reelection in 2020 on the same ballot as Biden, beating her Democratic opponent by 8.6 percentage points, or 51 percent to 42.4 percent.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
The legal landscape for drugs like MDMA and psilocybin (the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms) has opened up, thanks to a mix of legal ballot measures and Big Pharma investment.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
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Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Carey appeared on this year’s ballot alongside Phish, Outkast, Oasis, Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division/New Order, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Black Crowes, Chubby Checker, and Maná.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
Collins won reelection in 2020 on the same ballot as Biden, beating her Democratic opponent by 8.6 percentage points, or 51 percent to 42.4 percent.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
The legal landscape for drugs like MDMA and psilocybin (the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms) has opened up, thanks to a mix of legal ballot measures and Big Pharma investment.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballot
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One vote is expected the first day, then two each morning and two each afternoon until a candidate claims the two-thirds majority.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Superintendent Theresa Plascencia, acting as secretary pro tem, said the first person with four votes would be elected.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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Buy Now 02 of 10 'Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won The Vote, and Insisted On Equality For All' by Martha S. Jones The work of securing women’s suffrage didn’t end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Florida Ruffin Ridley leveraged her role as an educator and editor to combat racial injustice and promote women’s suffrage.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Ballot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballot. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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