democrat

Example Sentences

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Critics call him extreme, though he recently told AFP he was a democrat who would "respect the constitution."

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

He could be pretty high-and-mighty, and certainly not exactly a small-d democrat.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

Gibbon, no democrat, spent much of his time reading voraciously and carried some English biases and feuds into his writing, but he illuminated Augustus’ strategies in ways that America’s framers found sobering, cautionary and salutary.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

"Putin had shown himself to be a liberal and a democrat, who wanted to continue market reforms," said Valentin Yumashev, who told Yeltsin he would make a "superb candidate".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

He was an aristocrat and a democrat; he was wise and temperate, whimsical and injudicious in a breath.

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