general public
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of general public
First recorded in 1845–50
Example Sentences
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"But, the children of the general public are forced to go to Gulf countries to find jobs."
From BBC
The spirit trend didn’t dissolve overnight, but skeptics had now exposed fraud often enough that belief among the general public was fading fast.
From Literature
“We saw people running and someone claiming that they were shooting at the general public, none of which happened,” González Gutiérrez said.
From Los Angeles Times
“Their focus is to stop the war and this war crime and other things that are happening in our name, and to force the general public to confront those images and to look at the kids and to feel for them,” Medalia says.
From Los Angeles Times
After The Specials broke up in 1981, Panter used the bass with new wave super group General Public, who had a US hit in 1984 with Tenderness.
From BBC
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