1
as in nationals
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right
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as in villagers
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes
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Recent Examples of citizens
But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
This is similar to the way returning citizens face civic exclusion after incarceration.
—Shianne Leclaire, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Three other Indian citizens were among those injured, the embassy said.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
We, producers, distributors, exhibitors, filmmakers, screenwriters, technicians, cinema workers, and above all citizens, no longer wish to remain spectators.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2026
Critics say the decision will dilute the voting and governing power of Black and other minority citizens up and down the ballot, especially in the South.
—Sarah Clifton, USA Today, 16 May 2026
The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Garcia said passengers from the Netherlands would be the next group to leave the vessel after Spanish citizens, with their plane also carrying German, Belgian and Greek passengers, as well as part of the crew.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
This is similar to the way returning citizens face civic exclusion after incarceration.
—Shianne Leclaire, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Three other Indian citizens were among those injured, the embassy said.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
We, producers, distributors, exhibitors, filmmakers, screenwriters, technicians, cinema workers, and above all citizens, no longer wish to remain spectators.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2026
Critics say the decision will dilute the voting and governing power of Black and other minority citizens up and down the ballot, especially in the South.
—Sarah Clifton, USA Today, 16 May 2026
The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Garcia said passengers from the Netherlands would be the next group to leave the vessel after Spanish citizens, with their plane also carrying German, Belgian and Greek passengers, as well as part of the crew.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizens
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Five Italian nationals, including a mother and her daughter, died while scuba diving in the deep underwater cave in the Maldives, according to Italian and Maldivian officials.—
Clark Bentson,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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To contain and observe those elephants, the villagers use firecrackers, electric fences, and – in one image Shah finds particularly resonant – eyes painted onto tree trunks, a human appeal to the forest to look back and see them.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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In 2019, Mohsin went to pick up his mother at her vegetable stand in Nyala, South Darfur, when armed men stormed the area and shot villagers at random.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Most of the residents of the Hamad Building had lived there for decades.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Many residents urged council members to reject a pause and approve a permanent ban instead.—
Drew Aunkst,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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The Allende little ones introduced Middleton to the park’s inhabitants—turtles, ducks, frogs—and took her to see the pond.—
Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Before pushing off from the beach, guides explain the deep spiritual connection the kamaʻāina (native born) have with the ocean and its inhabitants.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
14 May 2026
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“Citizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizens. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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