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Six example sentences with citizenship, each labelled with its topic.
She applied for citizenship after eight years, passing a language exam and swearing an oath at the county courthouse.
Law
The bill would grant citizenship to children born here regardless of where their parents were living beforehand.
Politics
Rome extended citizenship across the provinces gradually, and with it came both the vote and the tax collector.
History
Aristotle tied citizenship to taking turns ruling and being ruled, not simply to being born inside the city walls.
Philosophy
International rules let each national team carry one player who gained citizenship after age sixteen, so federations court tall prospects abroad.
Basketball
A few small nations sell citizenship to wealthy investors, and the fees now supply a fifth of the government's revenue.
Economics
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