politic
Example Sentences
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It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.
We are affirmed in the knowledge that we are the body politic.
From Los Angeles Times
As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.
From Salon
“If we possess anything important in our citizenship, it’s the ability to vote and to participate in the body politic of our localities in our nation,” Lacy said.
From Los Angeles Times
After the war ended, it resumed and became ever stronger in the Confederate portion of the body politic.
From Salon
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