referendum
Example Sentences
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He voted to leave the EU in the 2015 referendum and backed the Conservatives in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Perhaps this was a conclusion the court could have arrived at before allowing an expensive statewide referendum to proceed.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
The Virginia Supreme Court later allowed the referendum vote to proceed while considering the appeal.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Mr. Farage is a known quantity after more than a decade in the spotlight following his leadership of the successful referendum campaign to leave the European Union in 2016.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Almost banning the death penalty through a popular referendum in an American state would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing referendum
Election Lingo
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U.S. Government Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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