citizenry
noun
cit·i·zen·ry
ˈsi-tə-zən-rē 
also -sən-
plural citizenries
: a whole body of citizens
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However, the bill will block the citizenry from a digital version of the safest form of money.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s why the remaining citizenry must take a stand, literally.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Once again, why is the citizenry having to fight this idiocy?
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Trump’s show of force is an imposition on a citizenry already aware that its democratic self-governance is tenuous.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s why the remaining citizenry must take a stand, literally.
—Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Once again, why is the citizenry having to fight this idiocy?
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Trump’s show of force is an imposition on a citizenry already aware that its democratic self-governance is tenuous.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for citizenry
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citizenry. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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