as in democracy
government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation
when asked by a passerby what sort of government the constitutional convention had formulated for the new nation, Benjamin Franklin memorably replied, "A republic, if you can keep it"
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Recent Examples of republic
Israel has targeted Iran's largest nuclear facility in an airstrike on Saturday, according to an official in the Islamic republic.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
So could a Russian attempt to seize land in former Soviet republics where Russian-speaking minorities are numerous.
—Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
While the mission was originally pegged as an attempt to destroy Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, Israel has seemingly expanded the goal to include overturning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rule in the Islamic republic.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 June 2025
As the public realized that Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, had no intention of ceding to the revolutionaries’ demands, calls to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic proliferated.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
So could a Russian attempt to seize land in former Soviet republics where Russian-speaking minorities are numerous.
—Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
While the mission was originally pegged as an attempt to destroy Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, Israel has seemingly expanded the goal to include overturning Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rule in the Islamic republic.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 June 2025
As the public realized that Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, had no intention of ceding to the revolutionaries’ demands, calls to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic proliferated.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republic
democracy
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Your bombastic attacks on the free press are, at best, unflattering — and at worst, undermine a core tenet of democracy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Mamdani has all but clinched the nomination after Cuomo conceded the race this week, and because of his Democratic Socialist label and controversial proposals, billionaires have rushed to paint the young politician as a threat to business, democracy, and the Democratic Party.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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“Republic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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