How to Use dual citizenship in a Sentence

dual citizenship

noun
  • At least four have dual citizenship, though that isn’t the case with the latest two.
    — Geir Moulson, The Seattle Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • What are the laws on dual citizenship?
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Yet dual citizenship holders have not been shown to pose any threat to the country.
    — Raul A. Reyes, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Kirk would not have dreamed of holding dual citizenship with any country.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • My father was against the green card and, on principle, dual citizenship.
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The league boasts the best players in Europe as well as players with dual citizenship.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Many of the church's members were born in Mexico and thus have dual citizenship.
    — CBS News, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The children also have dual citizenship and grew up speaking some Italian at home.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Migrants Leo spent most of his career in Peru and holds dual citizenship there.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • Beau has dual citizenship in Italy and family there, and one of our first—and best—trips together was to the country.
    — Stassi Schroeder, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The sisters' parents were born in Nigeria and the sisters have dual citizenship.
    — Jill Martin, CNN, 20 July 2021
  • Rivals made Oz’s dual citizenship in Turkey an issue in the race.
    — Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • Avendano has dual citizenship, and his wife is a citizen of the United States.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive.com, 27 July 2019
  • Williams was born with dual citizenship between the United States and France, where her mother is from.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2022
  • While based in New York City, his wife is Swedish and their daughters have dual citizenship in the two countries.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 July 2023
  • The couple's two children already have dual citizenship to Great Britain and Italy.
    — Lisa Marie Segarra, Time, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Jolie did not disclose the identities of the four, but they were said to have dual citizenship—a status China does not recognize.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • O'Sullivan, whose children are ages 2 and 4, has dual citizenship through his Australian wife.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • All three had obtained dual citizenship in Georgia and the United States.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2018
  • Guadalupe is the youngest of the group, a 16-year-old with dual citizenship who has featured for the Peruvian youth national teams.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The brothers, who have British and American dual citizenship, were moved to house arrest in March.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • The sisters have dual citizenship with the United States and Nigeria.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chron, 15 July 2021
  • This man whose dual citizenship is delineated by the long striped line of Interstate 35?
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The path to citizenship is 10 years, with dual citizenship allowed.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This means that a citizen with dual citizenship can hold both a United States passport and a passport from a second country.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
  • For some South Korean Olympians, dual citizenship has brought a reconnection with the land of their birth.
    — JerÉ Longman and Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Messing is a 30-year-old with dual citizenship who lives and trains in Anchorage and competes for Canada.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • But for the million-plus with dual citizenship, things are about to get trickier—and potentially more expensive—when returning back to home shores.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Soon, travelers will have the option to make the South African nation their permanent home through a new dual citizenship option.
    — Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, travelers have documented delving into their roots to identify their lineage and as a way to gain dual citizenship.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026

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