How to Use republic in a Sentence

republic

noun
  • But one republic did win this fight.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Not for the sake of any party, but for the sake of the republic.
    — Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That ideal built an army – and in time, a republic.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That’s how this republic is supposed to work.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • Since when could a few kids get rid of the president of the republic?
    — Alaa Al Aswany, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • This is an eternal problem for republics.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Biden and others are not wrong that the republic is in peril.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The push to become a republic began more than two decades ago.
    — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Many of these stretch back to the very beginning of the republic.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Who better to speak for the republic than the eastern black rail?
    — Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Even under the republic, many Afghans didn’t get enough to eat.
    — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
  • And that's been done since the earliest days of the republic.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2020
  • What good was a republic that couldn’t provide law and order?
    — Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That instinct is as old as the republic itself.
    — Ana Zamora, Time, 3 June 2026
  • The health of the republic suffered because of it.
    — Time, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Our republic is of the people, by the people and for the people.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Angry and rude to their neighbors while fearing the end of the republic?
    — David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Angry and rude to their neighbors while fearing the end of the republic?
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The republic hadn’t been well entrenched, hence its weakness.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • And that end will have dire consequences for this republic and its future.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • His speech read like a progress report on the republic’s first half century.
    — Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But it's been that way almost since the beginning of the republic.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • Bonaparte was both the first and last president of the republic.
    — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2016
  • Acting in unison and in great numbers to keep our republic.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • To build a bridge between the two groups to put the people back in their rightful place at the head of the republic.
    — Aaron Everitt, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In a republic, there is supposed to be exactly one thing money can’t buy.
    — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • In many ways, their arguments are more dangerous to the health of the republic.
    — Mackubin Owens, Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But the profound threat that Vladimir Putin poses to our republic is one.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The obligations of warriors in a republic are clear.
    — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
  • America is about to turn 250 years old as a republic.
    — Gary Grasso, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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