How to Use democracy in a Sentence
democracy
noun- In a democracy, every citizen should have the right to vote.
- The company is not a democracy; decisions are made by a board of directors, not the workers.
- The nation has chosen democracy over monarchy.
- There is democracy within the company.
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And these are the guys who say Trump is a danger to democracy.
— Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024 -
The strength of our democracy rests on the engagement of its people.
— Alan Fleischmann, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Critics warn that Trump is, once again, sewing suspicions of fraud that could damage democracy.
— Michelle L. Price and Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2023 -
This lack of expertise is doubly dangerous for our students and democracy.
— Eden McLean, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The bans and these tactics pose a direct threat to the health of our entire educational ecosystem and to our democracy.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023 -
From Beijing's point of view, democracy in Taiwan doesn't trump Chinese sovereignty.
— Megan Lebowitz, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023 -
In a multi-party democracy, those parties can align with one another in order to advance their political objectives.
— How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Helping democracy prevail over autocracy has been a centerpiece of his foreign policy.
— Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Israel is a very solid democracy in the Middle East where Jews and Arabs inside have all their rights and their freedoms to flourish and prosper.
— Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Our values of democracy, freedom, equality, safety from gun violence and well-being for all are the majority values in our district, our state and our nation.
— Nakylah Carter, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The signals here are mainly political, and the curators are primarily interested in video as a force for social change, protest and direct democracy.
— Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023 -
And two years ago, the people of Khabarovsk got just a tiny piece of democracy.
— Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020 -
As wild as that seems, there are a lot worse ways to run a democracy.
— Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2021 -
But there’s a little more tread on the tires of democracy.
— Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2021 -
The rule of law and democracy matters to the United States.
— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024 -
As the late Molly Ivins used to say, democracy is a tool.
— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2017 -
Democrats say such state statutes pose a threat to democracy.
— Arit John, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022 -
The idea, which is roughly a decade old, is that democracy is in retreat around the globe.
— Casey Newton, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2018 -
That carries risks for the armed forces as well as for democracy.
— The Economist, 11 June 2020 -
The party’s claim to embody a form of democracy is not new.
— Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021 -
Book banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right’s assault on democracy.
— Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 -
Yet the threats to democracy remain alarming in the view of most experts.
— Glenn Gamboa, ajc, 27 Jan. 2021 -
But all that fightin' and wrestlin' in this healthy democracy can wait a few more hours.
— Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023 -
Countries with none are shown in white and include some of the largest democracies.
— Laura Parker, National Geographic, 26 June 2019 -
Is a Western-style democracy the surest way to do that?
— Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018 -
The GOP is a mess, and Trump’s agenda and that of his close allies and enablers is a threat to democracy.
— Oliver Darcy, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
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