citizenry
Example Sentences
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"What defines an America First policy is something that is in the direct interest of the American citizenry," said Joshua Trevino, a senior fellow for the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institute.
From BBC
People around the world can separate a nation’s leader from its citizenry.
“The big question is whether this would be enough to appease the Iranian citizenry, given the level of dissatisfaction, rioting and violence we are seeing on the ground at the moment,” she said.
As Caros put it, “If we want to maintain our individual liberties, our societal freedoms and flourish as a people, we must have a well-educated and virtuous citizenry.”
Crosswords, for him, are arguments on behalf of things: of what qualifies as “common knowledge,” of what role puzzles should play in informing a citizenry, of how wordplay and slang snake into the mainstream.
From Los Angeles Times
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