police state
Example Sentences
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If Times employees sincerely believe that Times management is using AI to run the newspaper like a dystopian police state, can we really expect staff to file perfectly balanced copy on the potential of AI?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Here, it justifies the creation of a dystopian, paranoid police state because it will make it easier to find someone’s lost dog.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026
He’s also enlisted local police, state troopers and private security for the events.
From Salon ● May 5, 2025
Some of the Americans who crossed were driven by evangelical zeal or simply attracted by the mystery of a severely cloistered police state fueled by anti-U.S. hatred.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
But what they didn’t say was that prison was also a microcosm of a totalitarian society, a nearly pure example of the police state.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
