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Recent Examples of citizenry
Perhaps the most radical element of republicanism was that the nation’s sovereignty would be held by its citizenry rather than by a monarch or an autocrat.
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Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
But the fault lies more with the citizenry than with scholarship.
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Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug.
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Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
The pursuit of global talent is existential for a city with a small citizenry and grand ambitions.
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Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tyler Green,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
But the fault lies more with the citizenry than with scholarship.
—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug.
—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
The pursuit of global talent is existential for a city with a small citizenry and grand ambitions.
—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizenry
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Pressure from a populace desperate to launder Colombia’s image from headlines of cocaine and civil war.
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.
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Lalas’ apparent delight in courting the enmity of the American viewing public also extends to his co-hosts—so much so that his early verbal scuffles with Zlatan Ibrahimović have gone more viral than whooping cough.
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No matter what Bedard or Blackhawks management say in public about contract negotiations, there can be no mistaking the scream of desperation emanating from the Byram acquisition.
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These kinetic battles are creating the kind of real-life human interactions that aren’t so common in a modern society that revolves around smartphones.
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By contrast, generations of pubs have catered to a broad swath of society, so many Melburnians enjoy eating out affordably as a matter of course.
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With stages stretching from Freedom Corner to the Point and crowds growing every year, Pittsburgh’s Juneteenth celebration has evolved into a centerpiece of the city’s summer calendar and a living testament to Black culture, commerce and community pride downtown.
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Teacher Pritul Patel said the school's culture embraces students' differences rather than treating them as obstacles.
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizenry. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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