as in democratic
of, relating to, or favoring political democracy
a small but well-organized republican movement working quietly to overthrow the military dictatorship
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Recent Examples of republican
Some of your Republican colleagues like Josh Hawley are saying that the changes to Medicaid are bad politics for America's working people and for your party.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
Jones said gas prices will be central to Republican efforts to pick up seats in the Legislature next year, along with other familiar issues such as crime, homelessness and education.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
If only Larry Hogan had been prescient enough to choose a successor who would have continued his sensible moderate policies under eight more years of Republican rule.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
The Republican administration had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, and the group Democracy Forward.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 1 June 2025
Jones said gas prices will be central to Republican efforts to pick up seats in the Legislature next year, along with other familiar issues such as crime, homelessness and education.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
If only Larry Hogan had been prescient enough to choose a successor who would have continued his sensible moderate policies under eight more years of Republican rule.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
The Republican administration had sought an emergency stay of an injunction issued by U.S. Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco in a lawsuit brought by labor unions and cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, and the group Democracy Forward.
—Janie Har, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republican
democratic
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With Murphy’s term nearing its end, New Jersey residents have not voted in three consecutive gubernatorial races for a Democrat since 1961, when Democrat Richard Hughes was voted to replace former two-term Democratic Gov. Robert Meyner.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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But given the wilderness the national Democratic Party currently finds itself in, competition for California’s top job will also probably double as a referendum on the broader question of what a winning Democratic leader should sound like.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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“Republican.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republican. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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