How to Use Dem in a Sentence

Dem

noun
  • Dems don’t need big beautiful calamity to win the midterms.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 16 July 2025
  • Also, decades since a Dem replaced a two-term Dem.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The Haiti law was spearheaded by Dem.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Both of Dem's goals in 15 appearances have come this season.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Dems trailed by 13 going into 2022 midterms.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Dems made this exact mistake with inflation during the Biden years.
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Heaven help us if a Dem is elected in 2028 and reopens the border.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Dems call lack of menstrual leave ‘economic violence’ in push for new federal law.
    — FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Dem Senate primary erupts in key state as candidate teams up with radical streamer.
    — FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Dem who called for ‘Zionists’ to be imprisoned defeated after backlash.
    — FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • Dem 2026 comeback imminent after shaky start?
    — The Hill, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Dems needed unity yesterday, not more division.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In commemoration of Dem Babies' 15th birthdays, see their cutest pics with their legendary mom.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Charlamagne demands Dems 'give it up' as Americans suffer shutdown.
    — FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Get Dem Senators to negotiate a terrible ‘deal’ that does nothing real about healthcare.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And Carey has admitted the two — affectionately nicknamed Roc and Roe or Dem Babies — can be a handful.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Even now — as Dems appear to be surging — polling suggests that fewer than 40% of Americans view the Democratic Party favorably.
    — Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The best early look at the Dem/GOP AI gap came from Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier in the American Prospect.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Vulnerable House Dem criticizes 'extreme' left in shocking 2026 announcement.
    — FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Continue reading … MASK OFF – Scathing report reveals Dem firebrand terrorizes staff and doesn't come to work.
    — FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute of the first meeting between the clubs on a goal by Kenji Mboma Dem with an assist from Evander da Silva Ferreira.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Dems slow to embrace data center resistance McMillan Cottom suggested that no public officials on the right or the left have perfected their messaging to align with anti-data center sentiments.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
  • Kyaw Klay and Paw La then sold the wire to recycling facilities, including Dem-Con Metal Recycling in Blaine, the informant said.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Every Dem should be thanking @potus for doing what the Dems have dreamed of doing, but have NEVER been able to do, creating a sales tax on 2 of the biggest semi companies in the country!
    — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Prop 50 passed in California, Zohran Mamdani was elected in New York City, and the Dem in Virginia who had the texting scandal won despite said texting scandal.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Continue reading … 'VILE' — Dem Rep's 'total meltdown' in heated hearing with ICE director sparks viral outrage.
    — FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Continue reading … DEMS AT WAR – Ted Cruz says the Dem Party is embroiled in ‘civil war’ after ‘radical left’ takeover.
    — FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Continue reading … MUZZLED — Colbert says CBS blocked him from airing Dem interview amid FCC crackdown.
    — FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026

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