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citizen

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


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Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, called it a "monstrous theft of taxpayer resources."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

According to historian Patrick Weil, author of “The Sovereign Citizen: Denaturalization and the Origins of the American Republic,” more than 22,000 Americans had their citizenship revoked between 1906 and 1967.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Gilead has so tightly limited access to the drug that millions of people at risk from HIV might not get it, according to Public Citizen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Ms. Sheinbaum took an early step toward confronting the cartels by appointing former Mexico City super-cop Omar García Harfuch as her secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

She might be drilling me in sums and vocabulary every week, but I made a point to teach her a few things—mostly about the worthiness of reading the daily newspapers and being an Informed Citizen.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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