citizen

Example Sentences

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They will also provide equipment including magnets and sieves for the citizen scientists.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

No one was hurt, she scrubbed the thought from her head and became the upstanding moral citizen she is today.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The court ruled in that case a U.S.-born son of Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

And for Barrett, that is the rule of jus soli—the idea that if you’re born in a place and governed by that place, you’re a citizen of that place.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Because for a private citizen to become a prince presupposes virtue or Fortune, it appears that either the one or the other of these two things should partially mitigate many of the problems.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli