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
Netanyahu said that a potential deal with Iran, which Trump has expressed interest in reaching for some time, has to also include the total annihilation of the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities under the supervision of the U.S.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
This has not been independently confirmed and the republic's government's update on Thursday morning only said three had been injured and hospitalized.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Related Articles Mathews: The American democratic republic is dead.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Robust discussion and disagreement are equally important to maintaining a healthy constitutional republic.
—Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
This has not been independently confirmed and the republic's government's update on Thursday morning only said three had been injured and hospitalized.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Related Articles Mathews: The American democratic republic is dead.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Robust discussion and disagreement are equally important to maintaining a healthy constitutional republic.
—Daniel Hall, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for republic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for republic
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But perhaps the most serious rebuke to the liberal international order has come from inside the democracies, where populist parties have hitched economic grievances, anti-immigrant sentiments, and the loss of faith in their own elites and institutions to an authoritarian domestic turn.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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The federal courts have toggled back and forth between narrow and liberal interpretations of the Constitution’s applicability to immigrants facing deportation – shifts that reflect competing visions of American nationhood and the boundaries of liberal democracy.—
Rick Baldoz,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Republic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republic. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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