How to Use universal suffrage in a Sentence
universal suffrage
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The first film talked about universal suffrage, and the second one departed from the books to adapt the real matchgirls’ strike.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
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Of the 250 years since the country’s founding, less than a quarter unfolded under the aegis of universal suffrage.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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The protests broadened to include calls for greater democracy, universal suffrage, and protection of civil liberties.
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Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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The story of Frederick Douglass’s fight for universal suffrage from the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow.
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Kyana Moghadam,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Democratic Party, founded in 1994, was a moderate opposition party that pushed for universal suffrage in electing the city's leader for decades.
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Arkansas Online,
15 Dec. 2025
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After a referendum, Iran became a constitutional republic, with universal suffrage, a president and a parliament, but one wrapped in a theocracy; ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
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This courageous call for universal suffrage, delivered on the centennial celebration of the Fourth of July, helped inspire the struggle that would culminate in the passage of the 19th Amendment more than four decades later.
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CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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