public life
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of public life
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Adalah said Abu Shehadeh's decades of public life as a human rights activist, legislator and party leader demonstrated his "consistent and unequivocal opposition to violence of any kind".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Add personal privacy to the list of deprivations that now come with public life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A growing list of threats, from violence to vandalism, has changed the calculus for what’s acceptable in public life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She said she had waited 1,088 days to go to court, with every day being "agony" and the "trauma" made worse by her role in public life.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
I did not take it as evidence that Catholics could, after all, participate fully in American public life.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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