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politician

[pol-i-tish-uhn] / ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən /


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Never before has the relationship between Washington and the Vatican revolved around two Americans — specifically, a 79-year-old politician from Queens and a 70-year-old pontiff from Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

As chair, Karp led the weekly Thursday partners’ meetings as if he were a politician giving the state of the union, offering lengthy inspirational addresses, one person familiar said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

First, what kind of president, politician, or person talks or writes like this?

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Europe’s most eager recipient of updates from America was Silas Deane, a Connecticut politician whom Congress had sent to Paris in March 1776 as a secret diplomat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Someone—an economist or a politician or a parent—has to invent them.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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