the public
noun
: the people of a country, state, etc.
the American public
The beach is open to the public.
The general public is in favor of the law.
Members of the public called for the mayor's resignation.
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Qianlong took a page from the design of private gardens in southern China to make the layout more compact, and divided the site into four connected courtyards, two of which are currently open to the public, from south to north.
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Fred He, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
If anything, there is even more cause for this matter to remain accessible to the public.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherrill will inherit a state budget that swelled under Murphy, who delivered on promises to fund the public worker pension fund and a K-12 school aid formula after years of neglect under previous governors, by high income taxes on the wealthy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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Fred He, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
If anything, there is even more cause for this matter to remain accessible to the public.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Sherrill will inherit a state budget that swelled under Murphy, who delivered on promises to fund the public worker pension fund and a K-12 school aid formula after years of neglect under previous governors, by high income taxes on the wealthy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the public
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“The public.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20public. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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