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- noun Plural form of
constituent .
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Examples
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Cash in hand I would hang him for, but satisfying his constituents is his job.
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If someone wants to cheat on their spouse, that's their business, but cheating on your constituents is another matter, and misrepresenting yourself is just that, to say nothing of the alleged misappropriation of state funds.
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Their fealty to their corporate owners at the expense of their constituents is appalling and should be apparent to voters, but teabaggers are a little dense — it may take some time for them to realize they have been screwed — after all, they get their news from Fox.
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So trying to pressure Shelby through his constituents is a non-starter.
Matthew Yglesias » Richard Shelby Shuts the Government Down 2010
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Hintikka defined what he called constituents, which, like maximal conjunctions, are jointly exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
Truthlikeness Oddie, Graham 2007
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For a public servant to say he refuses to debate isuues of political concern to his constituents is a disgrace.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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And that could be for whatever reason, and certainly need not be ideological per se (e.g., it could be a partisan calculation, or something peculiar to certain constituents, or so on).
Matthew Yglesias » Does the Filibuster Produce Centrist Policy Outcomes? 2010
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Thank you Mr. Johnston for making it clear to all Americans what Sara Palin quitting on all Alaskans, her constituents, is all about. makesUwonder
Johnston: Palin wanted to take the money, 'forget everything else' 2009
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Discussing important local andnational issues with constituents is one of the most important parts of my job, and I want to thank the thousands of people who joined these discussions.
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Among Edwards's constituents is former President George W. Bush, who is registered to vote at his Crawford ranch.
Democrat Chet Edwards fights to hold on to his job in one of the most Republican congressional districts in the country Karen Tumulty 2010
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