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as in state
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789
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Recent Examples of nation
Less than two months later, the two nations and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited weapons testing in the atmosphere and in the water.
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Abigail R. Hall, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Its combat deployments across multiple continents have cemented its reputation as one of the most effective attack helicopters ever fielded by a European nation.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Only 16 nations will exit the group stage.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
A little bit of Czechia is only a few miles away for that nation’s soccer team, practicing in Mansfield and staying in downtown Fort Worth during the FIFA World Cup 2026.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
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Abigail R. Hall, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Its combat deployments across multiple continents have cemented its reputation as one of the most effective attack helicopters ever fielded by a European nation.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Only 16 nations will exit the group stage.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
A little bit of Czechia is only a few miles away for that nation’s soccer team, practicing in Mansfield and staying in downtown Fort Worth during the FIFA World Cup 2026.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nation
Noun
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Public fireworks productions require display permits, according to state rules.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and first lady Ri Sol Ju greeted Xi at the airport in Pyongyang, with official footage showing the pair clapping as Xi’s plane landed, kicking off his two-day state visit.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The resistance to Jokic was never really about nationality.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Its academy features more than 600 players of more than 80 nationalities.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Trump has effectively imposed a fuel blockade on the island by threatening tariffs on countries supplying it with fuel, igniting seemingly endless power outages and delivering new blows to the island's already ailing economy.—
Phil Stewart,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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The journey to this point began almost a century ago and hundreds of miles away in China, when Mao Zedong reshaped Marxist–Leninist theory to fit the pre-industrial conditions of his country.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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At the time of writing, Sol’s ethnicity has not been revealed.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
10 June 2026
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Sacramento County residents can now access real-time public health data through a new online dashboard that allows users to track health trends by age, location, race and ethnicity, county officials announced Tuesday.—
Velvet Wu
June 5,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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The medical examiner's office and county police partnered with Othram in 2024 through a grant from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to use advanced DNA analysis on more than a dozen unidentified remains cases.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Pennsylvania lawmakers will announce measures to restrict ICE activity in the commonwealth.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Like the schools under consideration for consolidation, these schools serve an almost exclusively minority population and face declining enrollment.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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Lanisha Barney, a Black teacher hired to teach kindergarten at David Lubin Elementary School in September 2024, alleges in the lawsuit that she and her predominantly minority class were kept apart from other two kindergarten classes taught by white teachers.—
Chaewon Chung
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The Primm family, owners of the land that includes three casino resorts and other businesses along the 15 Freeway, announced Tuesday a partnership intended to save the struggling state-line strip and hundreds of jobs.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Although not as wealthy as Jackson, Jones has also dug deep into his own pockets to keep his campaign afloat, lending it more than $16 million from his family’s fortune.—
Shannon McCaffrey,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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The Associated Press projected Monday afternoon that Councilmember Nithya Raman had advanced to the November runoff in the Los Angeles mayoral race, setting up a contest against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass after Raman erased a roughly 40,000-vote deficit from election night.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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The City Council member made a surprise late entry into the mayor’s race, the last of the major candidates to file for the primary.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Nation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nation. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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