How to Use plebiscite in a Sentence

plebiscite

noun

• The issue will be decided by plebiscite.
• They are going to hold a plebiscite on the question of national independence.
• The plebiscite will be the key to leave the crisis behind.
  — Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• These are issues that will be debated over the coming months in the runup to the plebiscite.
  — Time, 15 Nov. 2019
• Denmark had sat out the war, but managed to get the victors to support a plebiscite in Schleswig.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2020
• The country will then vote on its proposals in a plebiscite.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• That process is in now in the works, with the new constitution to be voted on in a new plebiscite sometime in mid-2022.
  — Karol Suarez and Helen Regan, CNN, 19 Dec. 2021
• Nor are faith and religious belief the sort of things that are put up for a popular plebiscite.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
• In keeping with a long leftist tradition, the Democrats treated the elections like a plebiscite against Trump.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 7 Nov. 2020
• But the Kremlin’s push for a high turnout in the plebiscite was an attempt to build a veneer of legitimacy.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2020
• Six months in, his government held a plebiscite in which 97 percent chose statehood.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
• And as with many Russian elections, the plebiscite was tarnished by a wave of fraud allegations.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2020
• The struggle for rights goes back to the promise of a referendum, or plebiscite, which has never taken place.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
• But conservatives in his party had pushed for a plebiscite.
  — Michelle Innis, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2016
• Holding the plebiscite in the middle of a pandemic has elicited public health concerns.
  — Daria Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2020
• The ruling party is not going away, not by genuine plebiscite anyway.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• But turnout for the constitutional plebiscite last year was 50.9 percent.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
• The status of some of these areas, such as the city of Kirkuk, is supposed to be decided by plebiscite under Iraq’s constitution.
  — Balint Szlanko, The Seattle Times, 21 May 2017
• The status of some of these areas, such as the city of Kirkuk, is supposed to be decided by plebiscite under Iraq's constitution.
  — Balint Szlanko, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
• The arrangement provided a big boost for backers of the plebiscite because one-fifth of the region’s voters are registered in Barcelona.
  — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
• Pennsylvania elects its judges in a process that resembles a cheap lottery more than a thoughtful plebiscite.
  — Jim Saksa, Slate Magazine, 19 May 2017
• Even if the fawning Congress produces a new constitution, a plebiscite will be needed to approve it.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2018
• Vote counts show that a plebiscite on the question passed overwhelmingly on Sunday, winning about 95 percent of the vote, though abstention was high.
  — Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
• After the plebiscite, no matter who wins, coalitions on both sides have committed to make changes either to the new or the current constitution.
  — Daniela Mohor W., CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• Russians are currently voting in a week-long plebiscite on changes to the constitution that could see Putin stay in power until 2036.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• After his triumphal win in November elections, Karamanlis called for a plebiscite on the monarchy in 1974.
  — Demetris Nellas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Corbyn has come out in favor of another plebiscite, but with reservations.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• Constitutionally, Japan needs to hold a plebiscite this month.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• In 1988, Pinochet was defeated in a presidential plebiscite.
  — Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024