citizenry

Example Sentences

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"Even with the small cheque size from everyday givers, this is a sizeable contribution from the citizenry towards social impact," says Uppal.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

People around the world can separate a nation’s leader from its citizenry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

In 1965, Space City boasted a metropolitan population of 1.4 million in comparison with the Big Apple, which dwarfed that figure with a citizenry of 7.8 million.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025

I think it’s always better when you have an informed citizenry.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

The citizenry grew its own food and made its own clothes, or obtained them through their lineages, or picked them up in government warehouses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann