How to Use "Republic" with Example Sentences

republic (n): a country that is run by a president and elected officials

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Used with verbs:

"They are trying to overthrow the republic."
(overthrow, save, preserve, defend)

"It was proclaimed a republic in 1987."
(be + proclaimed, be + declared, be + recognized as, became)

"The republic was established in the last century."
(be + established, be + created, be + formed, be + founded)

Used with adjectives:

"They pass laws under the rules of a democratic republic."
(democratic, constitutional, federal, socialist, free, independent)

"The former republic was overthrown."
(former, new, young)