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citizen

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


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Dr Kate Lewthwaite, citizen science manager at the Woodland Trust, said a historic map of Grantham recorded the oak being in place from the 1800s.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Now, however, I am a senior citizen who can look at events with the benefit of perspective and hindsight, and thus I have decided to forgive Don Nelson.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

“As a citizen, I want the government to take seriously the protection of my private data,” he said.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, with residents saying they have been cut off from food and other supplies.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

As a good citizen, she never tried to publicly contradict her country.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Around 4.5 million EU citizens have long-term settlement rights in the UK which means they are eligible to claim benefits.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Perhaps, someday in the future, the spirit of 2020 will be revived with a new galvanizing philosophy: Most of our fellow citizens might actually be good people.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

“You can’t create a good management idea unless you talk to the citizens and see what people want.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Quiñones’ unit led a separate effort to find additional cases by reviewing whether people who’d recently become citizens had voted before they were naturalized, then lied about it in naturalization interviews.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Few Russian women who became pilots in the Soviet Union’s state-sponsored clubs in the 1980s and early 1990s can afford to fly as private citizens now that the Soviet Union no longer exists.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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