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plebiscite

[pleb-uh-sahyt, -sit] / ˈplɛb əˌsaɪt, -sɪt /




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Still, investors remain nervous about the fallout from Thursday’s plebiscite.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

In the daily plebiscite on America, this Ivy League historian votes “Yes, but.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When India became independent in 1947, Naga leaders refused to join the new republic, declaring, "We are not Indians", and held their own unrecognised plebiscite for independence in 1951.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

History is not a plebiscite in which 50% of the current population decides what’s true and important.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

A sort of plebiscite in 1841 had been given to Sir Robert Peel.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)




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