1
as in nationals
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 villagers
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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Recent Examples of citizens
Daniel de Visé Fourteen Spanish citizens who were on the cruise ship afflicted with a hantavirus outbreak have arrived home in Spain.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Arguments in that case, which are also slated for Tuesday, will focus on a campaign seeking to strike the map down at the ballot box through a quirk in Missouri law called the referendum that allows citizens to challenge most laws passed by state lawmakers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
The annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who perished in that war.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
However, Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Holly Sullivan told Fox News Digital that statewide Democrats chose to go after law-abiding citizens instead of criminals by passing this piece of legislation.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
That includes veterans’ care, rural healthcare access, infrastructure that actually serves communities, securing supply chains, reducing prescription drug costs through transparency and competition, and reforming areas of the federal bureaucracy that waste money and frustrate citizens.
—Kevin Fixler
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
And the data shows that this disproportionately impacts black and brown citizens.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
In this oil-producing nation, where fuel costs have been the subject of frequent protests, citizens are already feeling the effects of record prices.
—Anabella González, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Arguments in that case, which are also slated for Tuesday, will focus on a campaign seeking to strike the map down at the ballot box through a quirk in Missouri law called the referendum that allows citizens to challenge most laws passed by state lawmakers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
The annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who perished in that war.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Spanish citizens will be quarantined, and people from other countries will be sent home.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
However, Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Holly Sullivan told Fox News Digital that statewide Democrats chose to go after law-abiding citizens instead of criminals by passing this piece of legislation.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
That includes veterans’ care, rural healthcare access, infrastructure that actually serves communities, securing supply chains, reducing prescription drug costs through transparency and competition, and reforming areas of the federal bureaucracy that waste money and frustrate citizens.
—Kevin Fixler
may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
And the data shows that this disproportionately impacts black and brown citizens.
—CBS News, 3 May 2026
In this oil-producing nation, where fuel costs have been the subject of frequent protests, citizens are already feeling the effects of record prices.
—Anabella González, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for citizens
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Government planes carrying Spanish and French nationals landed in Madrid and Paris on Sunday afternoon, where the passengers were transported to a hospital, according to the two countries' governments.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Dutch nationals are expected to be isolated at home for six weeks, while foreign passengers remaining in the Netherlands will be quarantined by municipal health authorities.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
11 May 2026
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The government’s unpopularity in the rural areas and propensity for violence against villagers has opened the door for JNIM to cast itself as a more effective protector.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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Over the years, villagers in Roko-Roko held demonstrations, accusing the mining company of clearing community farmland and contaminating a local spring.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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At the commissioner’s court meeting, area residents universally condemned the idea, variously calling it a Trojan horse, a foothold, a wasp’s nest, and a bribe.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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In the same time frame, inner-ring suburbs have lost residents.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The Allende little ones introduced Middleton to the park’s inhabitants—turtles, ducks, frogs—and took her to see the pond.—
Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Before pushing off from the beach, guides explain the deep spiritual connection the kamaʻāina (native born) have with the ocean and its inhabitants.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
14 May 2026
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“Citizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/citizens. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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