The phrase "as a commonwealth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing political entities, governance, or collective societies that operate under a common framework or agreement.
Example: "The region was established as a commonwealth, promoting shared resources and mutual cooperation among its members."
Alternatives: "as a collective" or "as a federation".
As a Commonwealth award, it was removed by a different forfeiture committee in 2010.
She was an advocate of maintaining Puerto Rico's status as a commonwealth of the United States, rather than seeking statehood or independence.
As a Commonwealth research fellow (1929 32), Whitehead studied under the American mathematician Oswald Veblen at Princeton University and gained his Ph.D. in 1932.
He resented being categorised as a Commonwealth writer, and also objected that the only works considered for the prize were those written in English.
Despite this, the former governor Anibal Acevedo Vila said he supported Puerto Rico's current political status as a commonwealth, and he urged voters to participate in the primary.
I still shared in that innocence that had socialised us into seeing our relations to empire as a commonwealth of mutual interests.
The Australian Broadcasting Commission, established as a Commonwealth-run national broadcaster in 1932, has its headquarters in Sydney, conferring the subtle stamp of that city on several aspects of its services, from entertainment to current affairs reporting.
While England was declared a Commonwealth, as soon as news of Charles I's execution reached Scotland, his son was proclaimed king as Charles II.
As members of a commonwealth, Puerto Ricans hold American citizenship and can be drafted.
Lee fully expected his army to be greeted as liberators in Maryland, a slave state, issuing a proclamation identifying Marylanders as "citizens of a commonwealth allied to the States of the South by the strongest social, political, and commercial ties" and promising "to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke".
"Mercy requires that we as Virginians be a Commonwealth of second chances.
