polity

Example Sentences

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Sports, at its finest, can act as a cultural common denominator for our ever-fractious and divided polity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The “resource curse” might well upend their newly independent polity as it has others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"I think taking into account the circumstances and the compulsions of a coalition polity, I have done as best as I could do under the circumstances."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

The essay’s endurance is born out of the way Washington transformed his farewell into a reminder of civility, dignity, humility, and polity.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

Olmec society was surprisingly unaffected by the collapse of its greatest polity.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann