citizenry
Americannoun
plural
citizenriesnoun
Other Word Forms
- undercitizenry noun
Etymology
Origin of citizenry
Example Sentences
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“The big question is whether this would be enough to appease the Iranian citizenry, given the level of dissatisfaction, rioting and violence we are seeing on the ground at the moment,” she said.
Crosswords, for him, are arguments on behalf of things: of what qualifies as “common knowledge,” of what role puzzles should play in informing a citizenry, of how wordplay and slang snake into the mainstream.
From Los Angeles Times
On the other is a U.S. citizenry continuing to band together so the most vulnerable in their communities don’t go hungry.
From Salon
“And it’s going to be up to the citizenry to do something about it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Five years later, it’s a very different environment for that work — from the federal government on down to an exhausted and angry citizenry.
From Los Angeles Times
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