citizenry

Example Sentences

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"Even with the small cheque size from everyday givers, this is a sizeable contribution from the citizenry towards social impact," says Uppal.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

People around the world can separate a nation’s leader from its citizenry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Five years later, it’s a very different environment for that work — from the federal government on down to an exhausted and angry citizenry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

In 1965, Space City boasted a metropolitan population of 1.4 million in comparison with the Big Apple, which dwarfed that figure with a citizenry of 7.8 million.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025

The first-class citizenry comprises the chief, who has authority over the whole village, his aides, and the Khmer Rouge soldiers.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung