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politic

[pol-i-tik] / ˈpɒl ɪ tɪk /


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Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

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

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

From Slate Oct. 7, 2025

That’s unhealthy for the body politic — and for voters themselves.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2024

Or if one wished to think biologically rather than architecturally, the body politic had yet to develop its immunities to the political diseases afflicting all new nations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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