publics

plural of public

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Recent Examples of publics Graduates earn a median income of $90,900 after three years, which rises to $170,100 20 years out—the highest median salary of the top 25 publics. Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Unlike democratic politicians who must constantly justify their actions to skeptical publics and hostile media, autocrats like Putin and Kim arrive at these summits with clear, patient, long-term objectives. Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 This is understandable because Western publics are not prepared for such a move, and many would not support it. Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024 But will the public, or publics, support a new war? Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024 In the years following World War II, publics in Europe especially believed the United States was exercising its power in relatively benign ways that helped to lay the foundations for a liberal order. Richard Wike, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for publics
Noun
  • Netflix had offered the best of both worlds—access to a nation-wide streaming audience, plus a level of theatrical play commensurate with what the movie would have received from a traditional art-house distributor anyway.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For the best of both worlds, end the day with a couples massage by the beach.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thousands of its elementary students are currently reading with the platform, according to Jennifer Begley, the district’s director of humanities.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But they should not be called empathy, and doctors should not accept skills training as a substitute for moral inquiry of the sort that the medical humanities offers.
    Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring New Hollywood folks like Dennis Hopper, Karen Black, and Nicholson.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Along with a slew of other prominent folks, actress Yvette Mimieux was even rumored to have occupied the Maravilla Road property in the late 1960s.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • National parks appear to have weathed summer crowds despite staffing cuts, but fall remains uncertain.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In Los Angeles this summer, officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds during several nights of demonstrations.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The great human cost involved in construction works, river maintenance, and canal building is a pervasive feature of all powerful societies right up to the modern era.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.
    Time, Time, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Publics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/publics. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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