commonwealth
Example Sentences
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He supported a 2020 bill, which became law, that limits judges’ ability to block the commonwealth attorney’s decision to drop a charge.
“But he picked the wrong city — and he sure as hell picked the wrong commonwealth. We learn from our history in Pennsylvania, even when it’s painful.”
From Salon
The commonwealth has had four consecutive years of surpluses, collectively totaling $9.7 billion.
At its 1886 height, the Knights claimed nearly one million members, seeking a cooperative commonwealth transcending the wage system.
“Few partnerships,” Kentucky’s current governor, Andy Beshear, said at Collins’s funeral, “can claim more widespread or impactful results for our commonwealth or our people.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
