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politic

[pol-i-tik] / ˈpɒl ɪ tɪk /


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Many executives also cultivate friendships with elected officials to have "privileged channels" with public administrations, said Charles Thibout, a politic science professor at the Sciences Po Strasbourg university in eastern France.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Those insults are fed intravenously and instantaneously into the body politic due to our interconnectivity.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

What hope of freedom was there unless Black Americans were accepted as full members of the body politic?

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

When he did find the proper courage, the office manager intended to approach Mr. Reilly in a most politic manner about the amount of time he was spending in the factory.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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