First Republic

American

noun

the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.

First Republic British

noun

the republic in France, which lasted from the abolition of the monarchy in 1792 until Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed himself emperor in 1804

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Memories of the experience of First Republic should still be fresh.

From The Wall Street Journal

The practice began in 1950 with the then Indonesian president, Sukarno, attending India's first Republic Day parade.

From BBC

In 2024, Meghan and a team of Journal reporters won awards from the New York Press Club and the National Press Club for their coverage of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal

They largely missed the urgency of rising-rate exposures External link, which helped sink Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank in 2023.

From Barron's

Parrott's heroics - which saw him become the first Republic of Ireland player to score a competitive hat-trick since Robbie Keane in 2014 - capped a campaign of two halves.

From BBC

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