as in democracy
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, "A republic, if you can keep it"
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Recent Examples of republic
Angry and rude to their neighbors while fearing the end of the republic?
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David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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
During a meeting in Washington in August to sign a peace framework, both Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev praised the president’s efforts to normalize relations between the two former Soviet republics.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
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, 9 Oct. 2025
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David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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
During a meeting in Washington in August to sign a peace framework, both Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev praised the president’s efforts to normalize relations between the two former Soviet republics.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 9 Oct. 2025
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, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republic
democracy
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The protests were part of thousands of rallies held across the country, in cities large and small, to express concern about the future of the country and democracy.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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And that, in a democracy, people can stand up and voice their opinions.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Republic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republic. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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