republican
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Independence required Americans to believe in the risky project of devising a new, republican constitution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
As the senator later put it, “A Government cannot be republican in form which sanctions inequality of rights.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
The police said they believed the attack may have been carried out by the dissident republican group known as the New IRA.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe offered "republican congratulations" to finance minister Wadagni, 49, who had been widely tipped to win after being endorsed by outgoing leader Patrice Talon.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
He doubted whether the republican principles planted by the founding generation would grow in foreign soil.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing republican
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Vocabulary from the speech
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Chapter 3, Sections 1–2
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