statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d 
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California became a state in 1850 and the Gold Rush was credited with speeding up the statehood process.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has denied any possibility of Palestinian statehood, signaling that there is no Palestinian future, with or without Hamas.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
The lands were once owned by the tribe as one of its leaders, Chief Bogus Tom Smith, labored to rebuild his community in the wake of the California Gold Rush and the atrocities wreaked upon California tribes, including a genocidal campaign in the years following U.S. statehood.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
The state was reliably Democratic in its early statehood years and flipped Republican in the early 1950s.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has denied any possibility of Palestinian statehood, signaling that there is no Palestinian future, with or without Hamas.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
The lands were once owned by the tribe as one of its leaders, Chief Bogus Tom Smith, labored to rebuild his community in the wake of the California Gold Rush and the atrocities wreaked upon California tribes, including a genocidal campaign in the years following U.S. statehood.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
The state was reliably Democratic in its early statehood years and flipped Republican in the early 1950s.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d
: the condition of being a state
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: the condition or status of one of the states of the U.S.
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