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politic

[pol-i-tik] / ˈpɒl ɪ tɪk /


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Many executives also cultivate friendships with elected officials to have "privileged channels" with public administrations, said Charles Thibout, a politic science professor at the Sciences Po Strasbourg university in eastern France.

From Barron's Apr. 25, 2026

It was the most extreme expression of a wound to the body politic that has been allowed to fester.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

For example, the Vietnam War wound down and no longer was this gaping wound on the body politic.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2025

As I continue this journey, I believe the most important strategy that has been omitted to date is holistic healing for our body politic.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

His silence on the slavery question was strategic, believing as he did that slavery was a cancer on the body politic of America that could not at present be removed without killing the patient.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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