1
as in national
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right
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as in villager
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes
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Jeff John Roberts Big TechSocial Media Larry Ellison once predicted ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ amid constant recording.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Once a border is set, any settlers remaining on the Palestinian side would become Jewish citizens of Palestine, just as Israel today has a large Arab community that makes up some 20 percent of its population.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Born in Hungary to a Russian family but a British citizen since 1999, Dubov is CEO of TSI, a group with a broad portfolio that takes in Esports, artificial intelligence, padel and a range of other concerns.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The government of Flanders, in Belgium, went further, promising every citizen a Solid Pod as part of its compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Once a border is set, any settlers remaining on the Palestinian side would become Jewish citizens of Palestine, just as Israel today has a large Arab community that makes up some 20 percent of its population.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Born in Hungary to a Russian family but a British citizen since 1999, Dubov is CEO of TSI, a group with a broad portfolio that takes in Esports, artificial intelligence, padel and a range of other concerns.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The government of Flanders, in Belgium, went further, promising every citizen a Solid Pod as part of its compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizen
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The recent wave of detentions appears to conflict with federal protections granted under TPS, which is specifically designed to shield eligible Venezuelan nationals from deportation due to unsafe conditions in their home country.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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About 70% of H-1B visa holders are Indian nationals.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
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The children were accidentally napalmed by South Vietnamese pilots who mistook a group of fleeing villagers for Viet Cong.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her love of the Big Apple is one Spike, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, also shares.—
Collette Reitz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Head to the Museum of the Cherokee People to explore exhibits that chronicle the history, heritage, and arts of the region’s earliest inhabitants.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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When teen, Kat (Christina Ricci) and her pseudo spiritual medium dad (Bill Pullman) are hired to rid a haunted mansion of its ghostly inhabitants, Kat ends up meeting a friendly ghost named Casper.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Citizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizen. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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