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
The last time California had a Republican governor was in 2003, when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected after former Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, was recalled.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
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The formation of the Forward Party
In July 2022, Yang joined forces with former Republican Governor for New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman to establish the Forward Party as a third political party.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 July 2025
The Arizona Senate passed a bill on Republican party lines last week that would encourage agreements with ICE while also forbidding any political jurisdiction to pass an ordinance or policy forbidding cooperation with federal immigration-enforcement efforts.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Indiana's Republican supermajority has passed a number of bills reshaping how Indiana's universities function.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 7 July 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
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The formation of the Forward Party
In July 2022, Yang joined forces with former Republican Governor for New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman to establish the Forward Party as a third political party.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 July 2025
The Arizona Senate passed a bill on Republican party lines last week that would encourage agreements with ICE while also forbidding any political jurisdiction to pass an ordinance or policy forbidding cooperation with federal immigration-enforcement efforts.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Indiana's Republican supermajority has passed a number of bills reshaping how Indiana's universities function.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for republican
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Presenting as Muslim perhaps exempted him from comparisons to 2020 Democratic Congressional candidate Sri Preston Kulkarni from Texas, who used his polyglot skills to reach a wide array of voters, but was chastised for seemingly pandering to Hindu conservatives.—
Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Three Republicans opposed the measure — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky — alongside every Democratic senator.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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“Republican.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/republican. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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