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as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
a great love for my country
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as in countryside
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
out in the country, where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean
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as in nation
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president
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as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
plain country living among unpretentious people
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Recent Examples of country
Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Now after years of relying on that traditional model of assistance, European countries are seeking to redefine the relationship by introducing the bloc’s flagship global investment initiative to Haiti and its entrepreneurs.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The expansion broadens the company’s country coverage and operational capacity, reflecting a shift away from step-by-step market entry toward multi-country team building.
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Kaitlyn Gomez,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The commission hopes that this would enter force within weeks, once the EU’s 27 member countries have endorsed the plan.
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Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Now after years of relying on that traditional model of assistance, European countries are seeking to redefine the relationship by introducing the bloc’s flagship global investment initiative to Haiti and its entrepreneurs.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Adjective
The multi-country co-production involving Rhayuela Films, El Sol Ermitaño (Colombia), Dublin Films (France), Potenza Producciones (Spain) and Camera Oscura (Canada) shot in the Colombian cities of Medellín and Santa Marta in November and December last year.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The expansion broadens the company’s country coverage and operational capacity, reflecting a shift away from step-by-step market entry toward multi-country team building.
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Kaitlyn Gomez,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country
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Williams said the suspect lived in the home and appeared to be the only occupant at the time of the shooting.
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Pluverge, an ice cream maker at Taste the Tropics, came to the United States on asylum after he was kidnapped and tortured by gang members in his home country.
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The crowd behind the cause Ordinary men and women in colonial cities and the countryside are behind the screen of the declaration’s list of charges too.
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In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue.
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Britain already has the highest borrowing costs in the Group of Seven wealthy nations due to its high debt and interest payments.
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Scotland is a very small nation, six million people who have not been in the World Cup in 28 years.
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The companies are now the leading drivers of the burgeoning AI industry, and their competing views about how the technology should be regulated are playing out in a wide-ranging political ad spending war that has targeted congressional races in big cities and rural areas alike.
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The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.
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The new curriculum teaches Israel as the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, wading into longstanding politics between Jewish people and Palestinians.
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Coming off the Canadian leg of her Red tour, and perhaps pining for her homeland, Swift hosted a rather modest affair for crew members and dancers in 2013.
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Hired for four years at a salary of $440,000, Carvalho quickly adopted a strategic plan that included detailed, regular review of a school’s test scores — from both the annual state tests and periodic district assessments.
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Lestat is basically in Hell; having turned Nicky, he is now forever severed from him mentally, while Nicky’s mental state continues to deteriorate.
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