citizenry

as in people
formal all the citizens of a place
usually singular
an educated citizenry the citizenry of Boston

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Recent Examples of citizenry Kids who score highly are trained for the Toilet-Cleaning Olympiad, meant to keep the citizenry battle-ready and internationally competitive. S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 Duping the citizenry is a pretty low way to get it. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025 Pace David Axelrod’s insinuation, there is nothing untoward or scurrilous about the citizenry asking who knew what — and when. The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025 As Trump, in collaboration with Elon Musk, has embarked on efforts to decimate the federal government, public political gatherings—in particular, appearances by Republicans in their home districts—have become flash points for an angry citizenry. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for citizenry
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Noun
  • The men’s team has already qualified for the World Cup in 2026, meaning a third appearance at a men’s World Cup for a nation of just over five million people.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • These new episodes, though, bear fruit, in the form of progress, and forward momentum, and the impossible optimism of people changing for the better.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • This offers the populace some measure of accountability and contributes to the expectation that officers will perform their legal duties in keeping with their own departmental policies and within the boundaries of the law.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2025
  • Imagine arriving in Florence ready to guide and instruct the populace and instead being tussled over like a toy between two toddlers!
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The information available to the voting public focuses typically on the findings of a routine physical exam, resting electrocardiogram and standard laboratory tests.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • While Mojtaba is ideologically aligned with his father, Khomeini is viewed as a more moderate figure who could appeal to a discontented public and ease international tensions.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The ayatollahs have deprived the country of a prosperous civil society, channelling resources instead into militarism and messianic fantasy.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • Some members of the group are transgender, or have rejected binary sexuality, and are interested in the role artificial intelligence may play in creating a new society, according to interviews and court records.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • The remedy is to start with leader character development to transform the organizational culture.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • His focus is reporting on entertainment and culture.
    Vic Verbalaitis, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025

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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizenry. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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