ordinary citizen
Example Sentences
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“The Act does not regulate conduct that any ordinary citizen could perform,” Bennett wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
What does an ordinary citizen do with, say, $50 million?
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
It meant the princess would become an ordinary citizen as female imperial family members forfeit their royal status upon marriage to a commoner.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2021
“As the chief executive, as the university chancellor and as an ordinary citizen, I’m extremely angry,” she said at the time.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021
Agathocles the Sicilian, who became King of Syracuse, was not only an ordinary citizen but also of the lowest and most abject condition.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
