How to Use the body politic in a Sentence
the body politic
noun phrase-
Between Davis and Nixon are any number of more minor figures whose crimes against the body politic were wiped away if they were ever acknowledged in the first place.
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Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Lost Cause monuments are the still-visible presentation of this dis-ease of injured and ill-earned power in the body politic.
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Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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The government ought to regard the existence of a tax preparation industry for standard returns as a parasite on the body politic.
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Binyamin Appelbaum,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The partisanship fueling such animosity is a cancer that is consuming and weakening the body politic.
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Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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All within the body politic must recognize the salience of education on all levels and treat it as an imperative investment for universal prosperity.
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Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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