The new laws were a benefit for the entire commonwealth. From LearnThat.org.
They're at home with what I call a commonwealth of being. From Wordnik.com. [Fully Human, Fully Divine: James Fowler and Evelyn Underhill] Reference
The commonwealth is now the fifth largest wine-producing state in the country and the seventh-largest commercial grape producer. From Wordnik.com. [McDonnell talks about the South's future] Reference
Any sane person, which by definition excludes any resident of Montgomery County, knows that the commonwealth is vastly superior. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
If Los Angeles County's ten million people can't form a state, perhaps we can think of ourselves as a "commonwealth" -- the "commonwealth of Los Angeles.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
The commonwealth is the people viewed as united altogether into a state. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Right] Reference
The true source of the disorders of the commonwealth was the Senate itself. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Based on the other battleground states, the commonwealth is a must-win for McCain. From Wordnik.com. [Roll Call Print Edition Current Issue] Reference
Columnist Paul Krugman thinks our new senator here in the commonwealth is a populist. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
Eloy Inos called it a sad day for the commonwealth, which is heavily dependent on tourism. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
They have what's called commonwealth status, and that, of course, has developed over the years. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation] Reference
Britain and the Dominions were described as a commonwealth of free nations within the British Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Our Most Secret Hopes] Reference
The commonwealth is a bastion of capital punishment, second only to Texas in the frequency of executions. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
One of the earliest enactments of the commonwealth was the absolute denial to slaves of the right to own property. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference
The good of the commonwealth is the rule which rides over the rest; and to this every other must completely submit. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)] Reference
The children of Jacob are known as a commonwealth, from the giving of the law onward until their overthrow by the Romans. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880] Reference
It is of interest that the term commonwealth is derived from the medieval English word "commonweal" which means common well-being. From Wordnik.com. [Towards Commonwealth Unity through the Sims Travelling Professorship] Reference
Another hydra-headed monster which ate into the very vitals of the commonwealth was the provision for the clergy, known as the Clergy. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion] Reference
We might call a commonwealth young if it conducted all its daily conversation by wireless telegraphy; meaning that it was progressive. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in America] Reference
It will allow others to devote themselves entirely to the monarch, and to the country and commonwealth, which is exactly the way it should be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2001] Reference
We don't call our commonwealth the Empire State for naught; its interests are indeed imperial, and it is no mean office to shape its destinies. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
The people alone can appoint the form of the commonwealth, which is by constituting the legislative, and appointing in whose hands that shall be. From Wordnik.com. [Two Treatises of Government: of Civil Government Book II] Reference
The most sacred thing in the commonwealth and to the commonwealth is the child, whether it be your child or the child of the dull-faced mother of the hovel. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Walter H Page]
JMR: What kind of existing enterprises are considered "commonwealth"?. From Wordnik.com. [James M. Russell: Chris Rabb Talks Invisible Capital] Reference
Next we may add some cities to populate our fictional "commonwealth". From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
Notice that Pennsylvania is one of several in the Union which call themselves a "commonwealth", not a state. From Wordnik.com. [Torture] Reference
A clear indication that the commonwealth was the form of government which ought and would be adopted by the Italy of the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberation of Italy] Reference
The international media loves it, but as I have pointed out, Ma has conceded that in fact China has not agreed to any of this "commonwealth" stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
They are the games of the independent nations of the 'commonwealth'. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The Pilgrims starved until the dismissed their "commonwealth" of socialism and allowed private enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Reinke Faces Life] Reference
In the Orange Free State I discovered, in 1895, the kind of commonwealth which the fond fancy of the philosophers of last century painted. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of South Africa] Reference
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