republican

as in democratic
of, relating to, or favoring political democracy a small but well-organized republican movement working quietly to overthrow the military dictatorship

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Recent Examples of republican All are motivated by self-interest and jockeying for position in the wake of the Trump presidency, looking to see who can be most effective at blocking the Republican president. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025 With the deadline fast approaching, a key House committee eventually came to an agreement to placate its Republican members, at least for the time being, without angering Trump, who has asked his supporters to move on from the heated issue. Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 19 July 2025 Among Republican voters, the number is often higher. Art Jipson, The Conversation, 19 July 2025 During a recent news conference, Republican state Rep. Drew Darby, a member of the House’s committee, said lawmakers cannot bring back flood victims or undo the flooding. John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for republican
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democratic
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  • Presenting as Muslim perhaps exempted him from comparisons to 2020 Democratic Congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni from Texas, who used his polyglot skills to reach a wide array of voters, but was chastised for seemingly pandering to Hindu conservatives.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Three Republicans opposed the measure — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky — alongside every Democratic senator.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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“Republican.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republican. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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