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- noun idiomatic A
hypothetical average orgeneric member of the public; thecommon man (or person, by extension).
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Examples
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The real question for Joe Public about politicians like Weiner is whether or not they are good for the country rather than good for their own private marriages.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Healing The Broken American Male Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The real question for Joe Public about politicians like Weiner is whether or not they are good for the country rather than good for their own private marriages.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Healing The Broken American Male Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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"It's basically an institutional market, and if institutions are worried about China, Steve Jobs getting sick, that's going to override what Joe Public 's trying to do."
Bank Results Push Down Stocks Jonathan Cheng 2011
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The real question for Joe Public about politicians like Weiner is whether or not they are good for the country rather than good for their own private marriages.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Healing The Broken American Male Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Lorimer discovered that Joe Public, a million times over, wanted cosy escapism.
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Ask anyone to name America's most respected president and both scholar and Joe Public alike would say Abraham Lincoln.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Ask anyone to name America's most respected president and both scholar and Joe Public alike would say Abraham Lincoln.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Ask anyone to name America's most respected president and both scholar and Joe Public alike would say Abraham Lincoln.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Ask anyone to name America's most respected president and both scholar and Joe Public alike would say Abraham Lincoln.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The smartest thing to do would be to happily agree to the arrangement -- maybe even write off a few hundred-million -- and then watch as the U.S. government goes around convincing Congress and Joe Public that Taiwan is no longer worth fighting for.
David Millar: Why You Should Care About Taiwan David Millar 2011
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