How to Use political science in a Sentence
political science
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Philips is a political science major and has his sights set on a career in the NFL.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
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Nathan Louis Hostert, a political science major from Kansas, told the crowd that the pandemic took a toll on his class.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
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Donald Brand is a professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross.
—Donald Brand, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2021
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Kyaw Lynn, a 23-year-old political science student from Rakhine studying in Yangon, was one of many denied a vote.
—Andrew Nachemson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2020
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And if a news outlet needs to interview a pundit in any field from political science to literature, the short list stops at the Ivy League.
—David Galef, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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And if a news outlet needs to interview a pundit in any field from political science to literature, the short list stops at the Ivy League.
—David Galef/chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
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Viktoriia, a student of political science, told me that 80 percent of her friends were now abroad.
—Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
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One of the other students, a political science major named Fatima who plans to be a diplomat, had lived in Kabul for just four years.
—New York Times, 14 Nov. 2021
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The school’s political science department had not been approved to resume classes since the takeover.
—Christopher Sherman, ajc, 21 Apr. 2022
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The convention is expected to bring in almost 6,000 academics in political science to the city.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
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Mbunwe, a 20-year-old junior political science major, did the same on her Twitter feed.
—Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
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This sounds more like the beginning of a political science fiction thriller than a happy ending for humankind.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2022
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Sari Kaufman flies to protests of the gun industry across the country while managing her political science coursework at Yale.
—Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
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Gomez grew up in New York and went to Brown University, studying political science.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
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One political science professor said McGuire’s spotty voting record is a bad start to the campaign.
—Fox News, 3 Dec. 2020
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Paul Chambers, 58, a political science lecturer, had been in legal limbo since his arrest last month on a lese-majeste charge, which led to the loss of his job, his work visa and the seizure of his passport.
—Reuters, NBC news, 30 May 2025
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And David Patton, who was appointed in 2011, had a doctorate in political science but was not a physician.
—Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
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Jeanne Zaino, a political science professor at Iona College, said that the governor was most likely right to focus on the issues.
—Michael Gold, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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Williams teaches his own classes in prison: on the Bible and character defects, political science and civic engagement and ways to deal with trauma.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
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David Richards, a political science professor at the University of Lynchburg, said the candidate who can win the centrist vote will likely win the state.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
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Austin Sarat is a professor of political science at Amherst College.
—Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sam is a sophomore at Amherst College who plans to double major in history and political science.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
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Howell, who was a 20-year-old political science major at Texas State University at the time, suffered a fractured skull.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2022
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The political science major wanted to be like her father, who worked in military intelligence for the Army.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
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The groom is also a UA graduate with a bachelor's degree in political science.
—Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
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Ledin reached out to his advisers in the political science department.
—Margot Armbruster, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2020
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The curriculum is set to cover political science, literature, the arts and more.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
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That’s Paula McClain again, the political science professor at Duke.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2020
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But Newsom’s over-reliance on political science over actual science doomed us.
—Will O’Neill, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
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This does not mean that a student interested in aerospace engineering should start building their own planes or that a student pursuing political science should launch a political consulting agency.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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