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
Some of your Republican colleagues like Josh Hawley are saying that the changes to Medicaid are bad politics for America's working people and for your party.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
Jones said gas prices will be central to Republican efforts to pick up seats in the Legislature next year, along with other familiar issues such as crime, homelessness and education.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
If only Larry Hogan had been prescient enough to choose a successor who would have continued his sensible moderate policies under eight more years of Republican rule.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
The Republican administration had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, and the group Democracy Forward.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
Jones said gas prices will be central to Republican efforts to pick up seats in the Legislature next year, along with other familiar issues such as crime, homelessness and education.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
If only Larry Hogan had been prescient enough to choose a successor who would have continued his sensible moderate policies under eight more years of Republican rule.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
The Republican administration had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, and the group Democracy Forward.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republican
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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
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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 6 Jul. 2025.
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