as in republic
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
under our democracy the people have some control over their lives by being able to select their own political leaders
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Recent Examples of democracy
Her courage and unwavering faith in democracy inspire millions of Venezuelans—and all of us who believe in freedom—to never give up.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Dedicated to nonviolence and forgiving of mom and dad, the 16-year-old emerges as the film’s true hero and the last hope of our democracy.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Where the film stands on the trajectory of U.S. democracy is clear.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Each side paints the race as one that will determine the fate of democracy itself.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Dedicated to nonviolence and forgiving of mom and dad, the 16-year-old emerges as the film’s true hero and the last hope of our democracy.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Where the film stands on the trajectory of U.S. democracy is clear.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Each side paints the race as one that will determine the fate of democracy itself.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for democracy
republic
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Our guides prepared with customary rigor, reading widely in the ever-growing scholarship on women in the early republic.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The servants of this democratic republic’s machinery are, in truth, nothing but members of a mafia set up to plunder the island’s riches—and the West is complicit, with its own interests in the riches underground, in the ocean, from the soil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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