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Recent Examples of citizenry
That’s why the remaining citizenry must take a stand, literally.
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Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump’s show of force is an imposition on a citizenry already aware that its democratic self-governance is tenuous.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
To pull, to call back your citizenry identity, a patchwork, a prophecy.
—Anne Waldman
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Singapore’s cosmopolitan business savvy, Yapp proposed, can be attributed to the cross-cultural fluency of its Peranakan citizenry.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
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Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump’s show of force is an imposition on a citizenry already aware that its democratic self-governance is tenuous.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
To pull, to call back your citizenry identity, a patchwork, a prophecy.
—Anne Waldman
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Singapore’s cosmopolitan business savvy, Yapp proposed, can be attributed to the cross-cultural fluency of its Peranakan citizenry.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizenry
Noun
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As a result, their popularity is reflective of political and national sympathies among the populace in Mary’s time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gallego urged the traveling public to be kind to airport workers.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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While his core supporters remain loyal, sustained disapproval among the broader public could weaken his leverage in negotiations with Congress and erode confidence in his leadership.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The proportion of Americans who believe legal sports betting is bad for both society and sport in the United States has increased sharply over the past three years, according to a new poll.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Money was flowing in, as the US and its allies attempted to rebuild civil society destroyed by the Taliban’s brutal rule from 1996 to 2001, even as fighting and insecurity still plagued swathes of the nation.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Chef Amosu shared his inspiration for this momentous occasion and why having ownership of narratives that depict the cultures of Africa matters.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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Employers have both the right and responsibility to protect a respectful, civil culture.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizenry. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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