citizenry
noun
cit·i·zen·ry
ˈsi-tə-zən-rē 
also -sən-
plural citizenries
: a whole body of citizens
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Chile’s real-life referendum happened in 1988; Larraín casts a hilariously paranoid Gael García Bernal as the advertising executive tasked with selling removal to a cautious citizenry living in a climate of fear and consequences.
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Transparency is too important to a flourishing Republic and an informed citizenry to be handed off to subordinates.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
She’s surrounded by advisers who lack distinctive qualities or are boiled down to one blunt-force motivation; the broader citizenry of her country is barely represented at all.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 Feb. 2024
For the foreseeable future, there are no transformative solutions that the West can invent or impose on Iran, and the country will remain a profound and unpredictable threat to regional stability, U.S. interests, and its own citizenry.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Transparency is too important to a flourishing Republic and an informed citizenry to be handed off to subordinates.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
She’s surrounded by advisers who lack distinctive qualities or are boiled down to one blunt-force motivation; the broader citizenry of her country is barely represented at all.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 Feb. 2024
For the foreseeable future, there are no transformative solutions that the West can invent or impose on Iran, and the country will remain a profound and unpredictable threat to regional stability, U.S. interests, and its own citizenry.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Citizenry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citizenry. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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