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
America’s Founding Fathers drew inspiration from Roman history when tasked with creating a new republic.
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Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Just as the Kremlin sought to quell dissent against its vicious campaign in the restive republic, so, too, has a deafening silence accompanied its Ukraine folly.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Yet this republic was also fragile.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Kazakhstan's unexpected population boom appears to have run its course, two decades after the former Soviet republic showed modernization doesn't always correlate with fewer children.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Just as the Kremlin sought to quell dissent against its vicious campaign in the restive republic, so, too, has a deafening silence accompanied its Ukraine folly.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Yet this republic was also fragile.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Kazakhstan's unexpected population boom appears to have run its course, two decades after the former Soviet republic showed modernization doesn't always correlate with fewer children.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republic
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The simultaneous invasions by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II in 1939 nearly led to the erasure of Poland, which went on to survive after the conflict as a Soviet satellite state until transitioning to democracy in 1989 and joining NATO a decade later.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Slattery sees the relevance of telling the story now, especially as the world contends with new threats to democracy.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Republic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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