citizen
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When he signed the Social Security Act in 1935, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said the program was to provide “at least some measure of protection to the average citizen and his family…against poverty-ridden old age.”
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
All adults aged 18 and over can vote in the elections if they are either a British or Irish citizen, or a qualifying foreign national.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Another U.S. citizen charged along with Lu, Chen Jinping, pleaded guilty in 2024 to acting as an undeclared foreign agent for his role in establishing the Chinatown police post.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
ICE quickly released one, a U.S. citizen whose father was taken.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The Florentines made Paulo Vitelli their captain, a very able man and one who rose from being a private citizen to achieve great prestige.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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