as in loyalist
a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies the contention that true patriots would be willing to do anything for their country

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Recent Examples of patriot Will shallow patriots succeed in turning our flag into a religious icon by giving it the status of a graven image? Emery J Cummins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 The tech industry’s new ambitions—using AI to reshape not just work, school, and social life but perhaps even governance itself—do have a major vulnerability: The AI patriots desperately need the president’s approval. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025 Boston is the city where patriots rebelled against the English Crown and began the American Revolution. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025 That patriot would have been McEntarfer. Fergus McIntosh, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patriot
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  • Critics say appointing a Macron loyalist on such a day amounts to a baptism of fire for Lecornu.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Macron loyalist Lecornu entered politics at 19, becoming the country’s youngest parliamentary assistant.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Paul, however, is not the anti-immigrant hero Christian nationalists have waited for.
    John Fugelsang September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On the left were environmentalists who wanted to leave carbon in the ground; on the right, MAGA nationalists who were dismantling wind farms and carrying out mass deportations.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Patriot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriot. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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