private citizen

Example Sentences

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Jewish Insider published what it called an exposé revealing that the mayor’s wife Rama Duwaji, a private citizen who holds no public office, had liked social media posts sympathetic to Palestinian rights.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

He’s a private citizen who wrote books and gave interviews critical of Western policy on Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

She added: “And I was a private citizen, right? I have definitely matured as a lawmaker.”

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025

Mr Loughton highlighted that, as a private citizen, he no longer had "certain protections" afforded to parliamentarians, requiring him to be "even more wary".

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

But let us come to the second instance, when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city not through wickedness or any other intolerable violence, but with the favour of his fellow citizens.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli