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
Bessent, who is allowed by law to make the final decision on coin designs, opted to replace the abolition, suffrage and Civil Rights Movement coins with ones depicting the Mayflower Compact, the American Revolution and the Gettysburg Address.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.
—Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
Those historic benchmarks include the women’s suffrage movement that began in the mid-19th century out of the broader women’s rights movement.
—Leslie Hoyle Guerra, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
The talk will encompass later American revolutions which related directly to principles expounded on in the Declaration of Independence such as abolition and women’s suffrage and civil rights.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.
—Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
Those historic benchmarks include the women’s suffrage movement that began in the mid-19th century out of the broader women’s rights movement.
—Leslie Hoyle Guerra, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
The talk will encompass later American revolutions which related directly to principles expounded on in the Declaration of Independence such as abolition and women’s suffrage and civil rights.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
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The Senate already voted to stop tariffs on Canada and Brazil, and tariff critics are rooting for the House to quit blocking those proposals from getting a vote.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Per California law, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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California uses top-two primaries, in which all candidates regardless of party are on the same ballot and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Gwinnett County Commission voted to uphold the ethics board’s recommendations and dismiss the complaint against Matthew Holtkamp on the grounds that the commissioner did not use county resources to campaign against the ballot question.—
Alia Pharr,
AJC.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Vrabel is now the seventh coach to ever win Coach of the Year for multiple franchises, joining Chuck Nox, Bill Parcells, Bruce Arians, Dan Reeves, Don Shula and George Allen.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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With the acquisition of Kennard, the Lakers save $500,000 – a slight bit of financial flexibility should the franchise make another move before the noon PT trade deadline hits.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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