Sentence examples for the plebiscites from inspiring English sources
noun
A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty
No one benefited more from the plebiscites than Mr. Bloomberg.
It helps that the country has recently come round to thinking as he did then, as shown in the plebiscites that legalized divorce and contraception.
This support sends a message to the Kremlin's opponents: the Ukrainian authorities may dismiss the referendums as a '"farce" with "no legal weight"; Western politicians may claim the plebiscites have "zero credibility".
In a memorandum describing his conversations with British Ambassador Lord Halifax in 1942, Welles stated that he would have preferred to characterize the plebiscites supporting the annexations as "faked".
The plebiscite never happened.
Then there was the plebiscite.
Labor is expected to block the plebiscite.
Shorten urged Turnbull to dump the plebiscite.
So back to what the plebiscite does.
The plebiscite greatly damaged the regime's legitimacy.
It's unclear if the plebiscite matters to Rene.
