republican
Example Sentences
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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 Irish republican party is also the largest at Stormont and at local council level.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
John Adams called the Bible “the most republican book in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
If hindsight enhances our appreciation for the solidity and stability of the republican legacy, it also blinds us to the truly stunning improbability of the achievement itself.
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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