How to Use nation-state in a Sentence

nation-state

noun

• On land, in the world of nation-states, Landi had reached the end of the line.
  — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
• This isn't the first time the Trump campaign has been the target of a hack by nation-state actors.
  — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
• Even for a Greek city-state — so different in scale from today’s nation-states — the very end of the realm seemed to contain its origins.
  — Kanishk Tharoor, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• But Cozy Bear has actually been one of the most active nation-state groups since at least 2010.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
• That much money has to be a nation-state, because no one else would be able to turn that much crypto into cash.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
• That much money has to be a nation-state, because no one else would be able to turn that much crypto into cash.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
• The example does not have to be a nation-state for this argument to work; the key thing is the competition.
  — Eliot Bush, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2023
• Losing Syria, the only other nation-state in the axis other than Iran, may be the coup de grace.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• But in a world of nation-state attackers and the kind of content being secured, the risk—at some point—will become real.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• In one instance, the trio assisted in stopping a nation-state hacking group.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• The governments of some nation-states are therefore confronted with a choice.
  — Sharon Lemac-Vincere, WIRED, 29 June 2024
• Let nation-states race to build narrow AIs for drug discovery, or drone warfare.
  — Jason Hausenloy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
• That detail further suggests that the threat actor may have some connection to a nation-state.
  — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
• What was once mostly the realm of nation-state actors or large groups can now be accomplished with turnkey, off-the-shelf software available for purchase on the dark web.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
• APTs are typically very crafty and sponsored by a nation-state.
  — Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023
• This is an excellent tool for nation-state actors and criminals alike who will be on a bonanza in the short term.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Looking down, nation-states can no longer unify their peoples.
  — Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
• In 1948 the most devout of the Jewish surveyors in the Promised Land regarded the mere suggestion of a nation-state as blasphemy.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• Across the world, cities are stepping into leadership roles once reserved for nation-states.
  — John Eger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
• But the idea of an inalienable Palestinian right to nation-state status is wobbly at best, and may be damaging to all sides.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
• Hamas is, at best, a hybrid — a militant group that governs a territory that is not a nation-state.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• But the club are still indelibly linked to the abuses of their nation-state owners — from the Qatar Airways badge on their shirts to the transfer fees for their constellation of starlets.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2025
• Vatican City, located on the west bank of the Tiber River, is the smallest fully independent nation-state in the world.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
• The big picture: Telcos have long been a target for nation-state spies looking for coveted state secrets.
  — Sam Sabin, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
• With such techniques often observed being used by nation-state and ransomware operators, Breen warned these should be at the top of the list for patching this month.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
• Iran, not Russia, is proving to be the biggest nation-state threat to the U.S. presidential election in November.
  — Sam Sabin, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• Takahashi’s book emphasizes the good of individuals more than that of nation-states.
  — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
• Vatican City Vatican City is around 0.17 square miles and the smallest fully independent nation-state in the world.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
• Those involved in discussions around sovereignty, or the right of a nation-state to govern itself, spoke to NBC News to underscore that the issue has undeniable context to the fires.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• In this impressive study, Hall argues that modern empires and nation-states are deeply entangled.
  — Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025