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citizen

[sit-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈsɪt ə zən, -sən /


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"It doesn't matter whether you are an ordinary citizen or first minister of the country, you have to be subject equally under the law."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in 2024 alleged Zhao operated as a key pointman for Beijing's interests in Fiji and was a naturalised citizen of the Pacific nation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

My father, an unschooled sawmill worker, was a naturalized citizen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

If you’ve become a U.S. citizen less than 15 days before the election, you still may be able to register and vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

They ended up in Pittsburgh, where Wolfe became William—and an American citizen.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

In the capital, more than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed and authorities have appealed to citizens to stay away from protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Thirteen miles away in Oakland the following day, some senior citizens sat down with a group of students to address AI angst at a grassroots tech event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Myanmar says it has repatriated around 8,000 citizens by air and 1,500 by sea so far this year, while Malaysia announced it is preparing 3,500 more to go back.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In 2020, the constitutional court ruled that noncitizens abroad enjoyed the same fundamental rights protecting them from covert surveillance as German citizens, drastically limiting the agency’s ability to clandestinely collect signal data outside the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Later they began to focus their efforts on what they regarded as the most crucial civil rights issue—securing the right of black citizens to vote.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman




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