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republic

[ri-puhb-lik] / rɪˈpʌb lɪk /


NOUN
nation
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In 1800, John Adams handed power to his bitter rival Thomas Jefferson, establishing the peaceful transfer between parties that defines our republic.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

In Antigua and Barbuda and the Bahamas, where the King is head of state, the conversation about becoming a republic has significant support.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Guyana, the only English-speaking country in South America, is a republic and so Charles will be making a state visit on the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The superpowers of Italian Renaissance art tended to have great wealth, like the Republic of Florence; or great military might, like the Duchy of Milan; or both, like the maritime republic of Venice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In Berlin, he knew, an ambitious liberal democracy with socialist leanings was shedding the husk of its past and guiding the birth of a new republic in the thirties.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The spreadsheet shows that Suozzi shared his table with four guests invited by Doug Burleigh, a longtime Fellowship leader focused on Russia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet republics.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Some Central Asian republics now have closer economic ties with China than with Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Nineteen countries showed up in Davos for the Board's inauguration from all corners of the compass - from Argentina to Azerbaijan, from former Soviet republics to Gulf kingdoms.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

Most Spanish American republics had ended slavery or implemented gradual emancipation measures as early as 1811, with final abolition in place by the mid-1850s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

Many writers have imagined republics and principalities that have never been seen nor known to exist in reality.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli


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