How to Use commonwealth in a Sentence

commonwealth

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  • But she has been embroiled in the commonwealth’s fractious politics and faced her own scandals.
    — Michael Deibert, Fortune, 25 July 2019
  • Over the last few decades, there has been a boom in energy resources extraction there, creating jobs and giving a boost to the commonwealth’s economy.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Hurricane Maria wiped out huge chunks of the island’s power grid for months and escalated tensions between the commonwealth and the mainland.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • His nomination will still have to be approved by the commonwealth’s House of Representatives.
    — Fortune, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The commonwealth's registrar of motor vehicles, Erin Deveney, resigned in late June after the lapse was made public.
    — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Scores of politicians, including the U.S. commonwealth’s non-voting member of Congress, have called for Rossello to step down.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • In 1870, the commonwealth could claim to be the rail capital of the world.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The first Jewish commonwealth dates back 3,000 years to the time of King David.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • School is less than a week away for many kids across the commonwealth.
    — Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The commonwealth and the country are grappling with the abrupt change in the landscape.
    — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Britain’s queen is the head of state of Australia, a British commonwealth.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The overlay map shows Louisville as a city of note and shows one vault in the commonwealth in the area of Frankfort.
    — Liz Kellar, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The commonwealth was one of two states, along with California, to land two spots in the top 10.
    — Mary Ramsey, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The same questions were asked 12 years ago in the commonwealth, during McAuliffe’s first of three bids for the top gig in Virginia.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 June 2021
  • The region with the highest rate of killings is the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2021
  • The average age of a farmer in the commonwealth is 59, according to the Census.
    — Meghan Ottolini, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The new law marks a sharp policy shift for the commonwealth, where Democrats won control of the state House and Senate a year ago for the first time in decades.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The Cougars are 14-6 this season, but only three of their losses have come to teams within the commonwealth.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And in the weeks and months to follow, Charles will assume his role at the head of a commonwealth that is fast fading in relevance.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • Charles also holds the role of head of state in Australia due to its position as a commonwealth realm.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Forty-eight delegates are at stake in the commonwealth.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Other countries that celebrate it are part of the commonwealth — that is, the nations that used to be British colonies.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 28 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a place in the Kentucky Wildlands, though, where Harless swears the elk are more active than anywhere else in the commonwealth.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The problem goes way beyond the commonwealth of Virginia.
    — WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
  • What about a second victory against the other ACC school in the commonwealth?
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The visits have raised questions about the monarchy’s place in the commonwealth and about whether royal tours still make sense or should be reimagined.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • That's when the commonwealth became the sixth state to allow Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
  • According to a Marist poll from this month, Biden has 68% of support from black voters in the commonwealth, compared to 23% from Trump.
    — Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 June 2024
  • Adams cast his ballot in-person at Louisville Marriott East on Oct. 13, the first day of early voting in the commonwealth.
    — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2020
  • While the amendment does not have a specific program or funding attached to it, passing it could mean the potential introduction of any of these programs in the commonwealth.
    — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 15 Oct. 2024

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