as in democracy
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, "A republic, if you can keep it"
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Kimmel then noted how Trump signed a stack of executive orders — and noted, of course, the hypocrisy of Republics who used to criticize Barack Obama for signing a lot fewer executive orders.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Undersea cables have been vital to the sovereignty of Estonia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia and desperately needs to maintain power and communications channels that are free from Moscow’s control.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Georgia, another former Soviet republic, was hit by a similar ban in 2006, prompting its winemakers, too, to start looking West.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Doubtless, this is how Franklin found himself in Paris, persuading an absolute monarch to back the birth of a republic.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Undersea cables have been vital to the sovereignty of Estonia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia and desperately needs to maintain power and communications channels that are free from Moscow’s control.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Georgia, another former Soviet republic, was hit by a similar ban in 2006, prompting its winemakers, too, to start looking West.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Doubtless, this is how Franklin found himself in Paris, persuading an absolute monarch to back the birth of a republic.
—Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Republic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republic. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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