citizen

Example Sentences

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Three flavors of investigators combine here: the citizen detective, the private detective and the police detective.

From Los Angeles Times

With challengers unable to reach voters, and citizen groups unable to speak, the advantages of incumbent politicians, who can command media attention without paid advertising, would have grown even greater.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The citizens of Greenland are nervous about this, because this is not something that we take lightly."

From BBC

The enigmatic tycoon had given up his Chinese nationality to become a Cambodian citizen in 2014.

From BBC

In return, citizens of these three nations get the opportunity to live and work in the US.

From BBC