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republic

[ri-puhb-lik] / rɪˈpʌb lɪk /


NOUN
nation
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This republic requires men and women to do long-form deliberation, serious thinking, honest humility and daily striving.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But despite the overwhelming might of the US military, the Islamic republic has blocked the Strait of Hormuz -- a global trade artery used to transport a fifth of the world's oil and gas.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

The Wall Street Journal said he had told national security officials to prepare for a long blockade to compel the Islamic republic to give up its nuclear programme.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

For the British the hope is that the trip will exploit the modern irony that the world’s most powerful republic finds an old monarchy’s hereditary king more congenial company than its elected leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

As a result of Washington’s Olympian status, the infant American republic had managed to avoid a contested presidential election prior to 1796.

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




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