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citizen

[sit-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈsɪt ə zən, -sən /


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The only other time the men’s World Cup was played in the U.S., in 1994, Arturo Angeles, a Mexican-born naturalized citizen, was the only American referee selected and he supervised just one group-play game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Courts can block abuses of federal power, including illegal arrests, detentions and mass citizen databases.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

U.S. citizen children who are born between 2025 and 2028 will get $1,000 in seed money from the federal government in their accounts.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

To help locate and protect similar nesting sites, Danforth and his colleagues have launched a global citizen science initiative encouraging people to report ground nesting bee aggregations they encounter.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The Florentines made Paulo Vitelli their captain, a very able man and one who rose from being a private citizen to achieve great prestige.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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