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republican

[ri-puhb-li-kuhn] / rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən /


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John Adams called the Bible “the most republican book in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe offered "republican congratulations" to finance minister Wadagni, 49, who had been widely tipped to win after being endorsed by outgoing leader Patrice Talon.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Persuasion, he rightly believed, isn’t an ornament but the heart of republican leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

And his desire for secular immortality didn’t mean he was pretending to have lofty republican sensibilities.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

For it purported to create a consolidated federal government with powers sufficient to coerce obedience to national laws—in effect, to discipline a truly continental union—while remaining true to the republican principles of 1776.

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




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