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citizen

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


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As the police chief, Camp is the series’ stealth MVP; an ordinary good cop and solid citizen, as close as Jonah has to a best friend, he keeps the series grounded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The photos were taken consensually, when Gallant was a private citizen, but what’s protecting him more than anything is that he looks good.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Right now they are stopping people with visas or with citizenship," a 48-year-old US citizen from Guatemala told AFP in Los Angeles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The charity Earthwatch Europe says trained citizen scientists have found potentially harmful levels of metal or metalloid at 52 freshwater sites across Corby.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

She set up a meeting for me with the activities director at her senior citizen complex.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Arab Israelis, also known as Palestinian citizens of Israel, account for about 21 percent of the country's population.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Eisenkot said they had "made history" and promised to "ensure that the people's decision is translated into a Zionist government: stable and good for all of Israel's citizens".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Four years later the revolution had executed the king and passed the Law of Suspects, under which French citizens could be jailed for their presumed sympathies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

These tactics are often employed by transnational criminal groups that consist primarily of citizens from Sinaloa state in Mexico, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent said in affidavits filed in federal court last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

He and the other Jews were good citizens who even followed the growing number of Nuremberg Race Laws.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti


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