John Q. Public
Example Sentences
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It’s one thing to have John Q. Public, who reads and watches certain news outlets where you’ve appeared, mistake you for someone else.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
But to Jane and John Q. Public, to many of those outside the often confusing and impenetrable, opaque ring of the legal or criminal justice system, it’s merely code for “scram.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2020
They know as much as John Q. Public and a free society, you can allow this comment to be made, and as a citizen you can absorb it or dismiss it—it’s that simple.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2017
The case was initially reported by John Q. Public, an independent blog that focuses on the Air Force.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2016
And because Mister John Q. Public contacts these ne'er-do-wells and romancers, he forms wrong estimates of the business.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.
