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Polls show that Catalonia’s 7.5 million residents are evenly divided on whether the region should secede from Spain. — Washington Post, "Catalonia’s lawmakers pick fervent separatist as new chief," 15 May 2018 But Sudan has struggled to recover from the loss of 75% of its oil output since South Sudan seceded in 2011 after decades of fighting. — Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, "Sudan’s Deadly Protests Pressure President’s Three-Decade Rule," 28 Dec. 2018 The only successful instance of a state breaking away from another state is West Virginia, which successfully seceded from Virginia to join the Union after Virginia joined the Confederate States of America in 1861. — Caroline Simon, USA TODAY, "California is trying to break apart. It isn't the first state to try.," 13 June 2018 Left unmentioned is the fact that Lincoln’s First Inaugural, however artful legally, had left seceding states unpersuaded and unreconciled. — Harold Holzer, WSJ, "‘Uncivil Warriors’ Review: Lawyers at Civil War," 29 July 2018 In a poll conducted by the Staten Island Advance, 96 percent of respondents vote for the borough to secede from New York City. — Jennifer Conrad, New York Times, "What Happened in New York Between 1981 and 1983," 17 Apr. 2018 For years, Griffith has maintained Calumet Township’s poor relief taxes exceed the state average Indiana law permits municipalities to secede if the poor-relief tax rate is 12 times higher than the state average. — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, "Calumet trustee faces primary challenge from Gary councilwoman," 24 Apr. 2018 Tens of thousands of people have died in South Sudan since the civil war, initially between the forces of Machar and Kiir, broke out in 2013, just two years after the oil-rich region seceded from Sudan. — Paul Schemm, Washington Post, "South Sudan’s warring leaders meet for first time in two years in Hail Mary for peace," 21 June 2018 After a long war for independence, Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia in 1993, following the toppling of the former Marxist regime and a referendum. — The Economist, "Ethiopia and Eritrea put an end to two decades of conflict," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'secede.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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