referendum

Example Sentences

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Many of the richest Swiss taxpayers vowed to emigrate if the referendum passed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scotland has a more diverse economy than just over a decade ago, when an independence referendum narrowly failed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The referendum requires companies to pay the state’s 8.84% corporate tax based on their share of sales in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal

Slovenia holds a new referendum Sunday on whether a law legalising assisted dying will be enforced or suspended after critics mounted a campaign against the legislation.

From Barron's

"Why is someone who applied to come to this country in 2006 allowed to ask a question of this Parliament that changes this country's name without the referendum and sanction of the New Zealand people?"

From BBC