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Recent Examples of citizenry
Rule of law connotes a concept in which the citizenry accepts and obeys laws and legal rules and respects the authority of the judicial system that adjudicates these rules.
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
By spending heavily and preparing its citizenry for possible war, Lithuania offers itself as an alternative.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
For his efforts on behalf of Poland’s government and citizenry, Sheehan was honored by members of the Polish government-in-exile.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Add that to a citizenry that just came through a wild presidential election, and Madison Avenue may have felt the national mood wasn’t ready for more than the usual stuff.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
By spending heavily and preparing its citizenry for possible war, Lithuania offers itself as an alternative.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
For his efforts on behalf of Poland’s government and citizenry, Sheehan was honored by members of the Polish government-in-exile.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Add that to a citizenry that just came through a wild presidential election, and Madison Avenue may have felt the national mood wasn’t ready for more than the usual stuff.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizenry
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Around 20 minutes into the episode, the show cut away from Jackson to a group of people hiking through the woods around Seattle.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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The crowd, estimated by Italian police at 200,000, included many young people, some of whom had planned to visit Rome before the death of Francis on April 21.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Historian William Dalrymple traces the current sectarian divisions to the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, who shattered the empire’s religious pluralism by trying to impose orthodox Islam on the populace.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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But those environmentalists would have recognized, at least a little, the political climate: a corrupt Republican Administration and an energized populace willing to take to the streets.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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The result was a big surprise to much of the boxing public.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Cutting away advisory panels hurts everyone and leaves the U.S. government uninformed when making critical decisions that affect millions of lives, alongside a public left in the dark about what advice agencies do receive.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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Many non-Western societies embraced similar views, including Japan, a country that modernized rapidly in the twentieth century to compete with Western states while still retaining a distinct sense of its own identity.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The analysis also offers new insights into broader lifestyle and relational shifts in Irish Neolithic society.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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The subject of the celebrity memoir, which grounds the novel, is the heiress of a media empire who's left to deal with a world defined by the tabloid culture her own family bred.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Airing live from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Monday, June 9 at 8pm ET the ceremony promises to deliver an unforgettable celebration of Black excellence in entertainment, art, and culture.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizenry. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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