How to Use commonwealth in a Sentence

commonwealth

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  • Until then, the commonwealth has its hands full with Medicaid.
    — Anthony Hennen | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 July 2024
  • The commonwealth has elected only one woman in its history to a statewide position and never to its highest office.
    — Sarah Rankin, ajc, 9 June 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
  • An equestrian messenger service, the yam, knit together the whole commonwealth in a relay of posthouses.
    — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021
  • The commonwealth’s rare off-year elections routinely draw outsized national attention as a possible test of both parties’ strengths ahead of the midterms.
    — Sarah Rankin, ajc, 9 June 2021
  • Voters in Virginia will still have the chance to elect a Black woman to statewide office for the first time in the commonwealth's history come November.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021
  • The commonwealth’s gubernatorial contest is almost always lost by the party that holds the White House.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • Quinlan Bentley Death sentences in the commonwealth are rare, with trials being lengthy, costly and complicated.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson was the commonwealth's top social services official for more than two years before abruptly resigning in June 2018.
    — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2021
  • 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 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
  • The parental frustration that stemmed from the pandemic was widespread in school boards across the commonwealth and country.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The two arrived in the commonwealth around December 17.
    — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The deeding of the land, which was given to the commonwealth in the 19th century, was a request from the city so that the parcel could come under local control, Yarmosky said.
    — NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021

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