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Recent Examples of citizenry
Trump’s show of force is an imposition on a citizenry already aware that its democratic self-governance is tenuous.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
To pull, to call back your citizenry identity, a patchwork, a prophecy.
—Anne Waldman
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Their refusal to admit defeat, disarm and leave Gaza indicates their lack of concern for the citizenry there.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
The mullahs' rulers—unelected and unaccountable—face a citizenry that is increasingly emboldened and defiant.
—Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
To pull, to call back your citizenry identity, a patchwork, a prophecy.
—Anne Waldman
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Their refusal to admit defeat, disarm and leave Gaza indicates their lack of concern for the citizenry there.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025
The mullahs' rulers—unelected and unaccountable—face a citizenry that is increasingly emboldened and defiant.
—Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizenry
Noun
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Today, the best fashion schools have made sustainability a core principle, and the designers graduating from the world’s best design programs, like Nale, are looking at their future careers through a different lens than what the general populace is used to expecting from Fashion.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yerevan now found itself in a hopeless situation, bereft of any real allies, its military in tatters, and an increasingly bitter Armenian public.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman in history to take a company public, ringing the Nasdaq bell with her son on her hip.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With our current hyperpolarized society, changes are not likely to be enacted, especially because the amendment process is arduous and is intentionally difficult, requiring a broad consensus that reflects the gravity of changing our fundamental law.—
Lynn Schmidt,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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Authorities also found a bloody fingerprint on the truck’s tailgate, as well as Decker’s dog, which was taken to a humane society for care.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Pulling this off while also building a culture that manages change effectively and shares the benefits of agentic AI inclusively is the key here.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This was American-on-American violence enabled by American culture and American laws.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizenry. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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