commonwealth
Example Sentences
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“But he picked the wrong city — and he sure as hell picked the wrong commonwealth. We learn from our history in Pennsylvania, even when it’s painful.”
From Salon
The commonwealth has had four consecutive years of surpluses, collectively totaling $9.7 billion.
At its 1886 height, the Knights claimed nearly one million members, seeking a cooperative commonwealth transcending the wage system.
“Few partnerships,” Kentucky’s current governor, Andy Beshear, said at Collins’s funeral, “can claim more widespread or impactful results for our commonwealth or our people.”
"Firstly, I would like to apologise to Canada for wearing it," he said in a CTV interview while in the commonwealth this week for Remembrance events.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
