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as in homes
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
a great love for my country
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as in states
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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Recent Examples of countries
Both countries claimed higher death tolls than their neighbor acknowledged.
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Kassim-Lakha, who is driving the group’s venture capital efforts, said the company, which employs more than 16,000 people across eight countries in the Middle East, is looking beyond its traditional retail and distribution model to direct brand ownership and development.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Cumbia Across Latin America is a visual report covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive in six countries.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Other countries have already enacted rules tougher restrictions on AI.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The service is now available in over 100 countries and is being viewed on over 1 billion screens, Apple says.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The Saudis and other Arab countries will be reluctant to contribute to a rebuilding effort absent an Israeli commitment to recognize a Palestinian state.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Hanke harbors more hands-on-the-levers, on-site experience in the field than any other expert by far, having advised countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia on strategies linking their currencies to the dollar.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
This means that the harms of AI may accrue more for poorer countries in terms of social media damaging elections, fueling mob violence, or leading to bad public health outcomes.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Kassim-Lakha, who is driving the group’s venture capital efforts, said the company, which employs more than 16,000 people across eight countries in the Middle East, is looking beyond its traditional retail and distribution model to direct brand ownership and development.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Cumbia Across Latin America is a visual report covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive in six countries.
—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Other countries have already enacted rules tougher restrictions on AI.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The service is now available in over 100 countries and is being viewed on over 1 billion screens, Apple says.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
The Saudis and other Arab countries will be reluctant to contribute to a rebuilding effort absent an Israeli commitment to recognize a Palestinian state.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Hanke harbors more hands-on-the-levers, on-site experience in the field than any other expert by far, having advised countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia on strategies linking their currencies to the dollar.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
This means that the harms of AI may accrue more for poorer countries in terms of social media damaging elections, fueling mob violence, or leading to bad public health outcomes.
—John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countries
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Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes adjacent to the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Oct. 2025
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As the homebuying market remains out of reach for many Americans, using AI to find the best options for homes could help more people reach their dream of homeownership, despite oftentimes surging prices and high interest rates.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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And this new era will not be authored by states alone.—
Sergio Alonso Fernández de Córdova y de Veyga,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Since the Indians already had abandoned their homelands for the new, nonexistent reservations, they were left landless.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The National Museum of the American Indian recalls how Indigenous peoples suffered theft, loss of their homelands, enslavement, death, forced displacement and disrupted cultural traditions due to European settlement.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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So roughly $300 billion – a 7% gap – separates these three nations and California on this vanity scorecard.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Countries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countries. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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