How to Use republican in a Sentence
- The state's voters are mostly Republicans.
- Our state representative is a Republican.
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Republicans need to do the right thing.
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Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Republicans say there should have been more.
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Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Republicans could net two more seats out of that state, as a result.
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Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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What does this tell you about what's going on with the republicans?
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Fox News,
19 May 2018
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Republicans who do not want that outcome need to be heard from, soon.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Republicans hold thee of the state's four House seats.
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Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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Republicans say 'woke' is to blame.
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Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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Republicans promised to lower costs on day one.
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NBC news,
5 Oct. 2025
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Republicans believe the state is a slam dunk if Cornyn gets through.
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Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
2 May 2026
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Republicans want to bring it up for a vote in Congress.
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Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Republicans want to bring it up for a vote in Congress.
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Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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If Republicans are able to flip the seat, there would be an even split in the chamber.
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Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Republicans want to put the burden and cost on the people.
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2026
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Republicans have even started to take their side.
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Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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And when Republicans say the same thing, Democrats are right to pounce on that.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Republicans who know and trust him, and who haven’t seen much of Gallrein.
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Russell Berman,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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Democrats hold six of the state’s House seats, while Republicans hold five.
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Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
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Republicans plan to hold the floor for days, if not weeks, to pressure Democrats.
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Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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How do Republicans feel about this?
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O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
30 Jan. 2026
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Republicans and Democrats both do it.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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So republicans and democrats alike are really afraid of this.
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Fox News,
31 July 2018
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Republicans have so far opposed the idea.
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Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Republicans say there's plenty of time to figure it out.
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NPR,
12 Oct. 2025
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Republicans will be biting their nails tonight.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Republicans lost 40 seats in the House that year.
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Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2025
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Republicans at the time were asking for more funding for a border wall.
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NBC news,
19 Oct. 2025
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Republicans have been burying their heads in the sand for the last several months.
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Kendall Wright,
ABC News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Republicans don’t want people to have access to them.
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Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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But the Republican half of the hearing drew a few words at the end.
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Tim Graham,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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And this is not played out with the Republican electorate.
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ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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This seat had been in Republican hands for 13 years.
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James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Trump has only a few years left in office, and Republican prospects for the midterms are bleak.
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Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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Her district is one of the most Republican-leaning in the state.
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Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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And then there are their Republican colleagues.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2026
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Austin power Austin is described as the bluest dot in a state awash in Republican red.
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Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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And by the way, mock their own Republican leaders in the Senate.
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CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Now the sketch comedy series has the rest of the Republican party in its crosshairs as well.
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Joanna Robinson,
HWD,
5 Mar. 2017
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House Republican leaders have been thwarting efforts to get that vote.
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David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Republican president is known for backing down from his threats.
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Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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But the fact that Republican lawmakers from a swing state are already voicing doubts doesn’t bode well.
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Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Those fines were repealed as part of the Republican party’s tax and spending bill passed this summer.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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Democrats have been defending the vote-by-mail system in the face of Republican attacks.
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Vanessa Martínez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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That didn't work out for some Republican senators.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
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All three of the parks that dropped reservations this week are in Republican House districts.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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So far, there's no Republican challenger.
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Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
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Some of Warner’s Republican friends on the Hill had been attacked by her, too.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Shaw lives in Chino and has been endorsed by the Republican party.
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Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Cornyn, the Republican incumbent, and his allies have a deep well of money.
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Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Republican party is more about saving taxes for the rich people.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
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Rubio’s Republican colleagues in the Gang of Eight were blunt about his prospects.
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Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Trump put tremendous pressure on state senators to approve a new map that would have added two Republican seats.
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Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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And that is the biggest warning sign for Republican candidates this fall.
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Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Munger, a Republican donor, has given $30 million to the cause.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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Trump has reaffirmed his iron grip on Republican politics in recent weeks.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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Seven months is a light year in politics — and that elephant in the room isn’t the Republican mascot.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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This is Democrats' biggest chance to swing back at the Republican advantage.
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ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Even some of his Republican allies have criticized it.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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She was turned away by Republican senators.
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Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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