First Republic

American  

noun

1. the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.

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First Republic British  

noun

1. the republic in France, which lasted from the abolition of the monarchy in 1792 until Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed himself emperor in 1804

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Example Sentences

In 2024, Meghan and a team of Journal reporters won awards from the New York Press Club and the National Press Club for their coverage of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal

They largely missed the urgency of rising-rate exposures External link, which helped sink Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank in 2023.

From Barron's

Parrott's heroics - which saw him become the first Republic of Ireland player to score a competitive hat-trick since Robbie Keane in 2014 - capped a campaign of two halves.

From BBC

Bank stocks have seen some periods of volatility during recent years, as events such as the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank of New York and First Republic Bank of San Francisco in 2023 rekindled memories of the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that followed.

From MarketWatch

Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank failed in part because of bank runs.

From The Wall Street Journal