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
That committee approved a set of different designs, which included images related to the abolition of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and women's suffrage.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The first full biography of the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin’s life spanned most of the 20th Century’s big events—the long campaign for women’s suffrage, three major wars, and the second wave feminist movement.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Also notable, Finland initiated universal female and male suffrage in 1906.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Perhaps both movements could have animated each other; perhaps the subsequent fight for women’s suffrage would have been less sporadic and slow.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The first full biography of the first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin’s life spanned most of the 20th Century’s big events—the long campaign for women’s suffrage, three major wars, and the second wave feminist movement.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Also notable, Finland initiated universal female and male suffrage in 1906.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Perhaps both movements could have animated each other; perhaps the subsequent fight for women’s suffrage would have been less sporadic and slow.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suffrage
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Nothing can be finalized until at least 23 of the league’s 30 owners vote at next month’s Board of Governors meeting, and tweaks to the various proposals are still expected to be made along the way.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Tampa Bay Rays are still striving for a Hillsborough County stadium vote in May, the team informed the county late last week.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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However, due to the Passover holiday this month, the deadline for mail-in-ballots was extended to April 28.—
Helen Acevedo,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Nearly four years after San Diegans voted for a ballot measure to help address the city’s shortage of available child care, the dream is still far from being realized.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Still, the story, in which an underdog plays knight in shining armor to a mysterious woman, is far too schematic to have real stakes in a franchise that revolves around another character.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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But there also are other elements of the revision that play to the very essence of the Heat anti-tank approach, an approach in place since Riley’s 1995 arrival as franchise steward.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suffrage. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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