politic

Example Sentences

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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

But political strategist and pollster Chris Bruni‑Lowe, who has written a book on the history of politic slogans, would advise against using Arise as the new party's name.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

That’s what’s missing — a track to an alternative politic focused across ethnicity and race on issues of social class.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

In a discipline in which athletes bored newsmen to death with cliches and blandly politic statements, Pollard was a singularly fresh interview, articulate, irreverent, and self-deprecating.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand