constituents

Example Sentences

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The measures, the group argued, would make Dallas safer and ensure local officials were more accountable to their constituents.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

John Seymour was the rare politician who didn’t mind harming his career if it meant doing right by his constituents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Sir Keir said he had discussed the issue of food security during his meeting on Tuesday and added that the events in the Middle East would "affect every single one of our constituents".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Political scandals have always boiled down to whether the party in question has failed to live up to a standard that its constituents expect their representatives to abide by.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

By the early 1940s, biochemists had broken cells apart to reveal their chemical constituents and identified various molecules in living systems—but the molecule that carried the code of heredity was still unknown.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee