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as in countries
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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as in nationalities
a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions
an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations
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Recent Examples of nations
Far from the constructive ambiguity of the 1992 Consensus, Lai breathlessly argued that Taiwan and China are distinct, autonomous nations, drawing on historical, legal, and identity-based arguments linking the island’s heritage to Austronesian culture, rather than Chinese.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Canvas’ co-chief executive officer Devin Gilmarti spoke of the importance of fashion diplomacy and the idea that creation can unite nations.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
After World War II, Argentina was thought to have great potential to become one of the world’s leading, wealthy nations.
—Jim Nowlan, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Some trade agreements with other nations resulted in lower auto tariffs, including deals with top car exporters Japan and the European Union.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
As European nations—including France—maintained colonial rule, exploiting millions of people of color across the globe, Nardal wielded her writings as a weapon to challenge the global color line.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
However, doing this would require the consent of Commonwealth nations around the world, which would take time.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Boosting trade between nations on the continent is widely seen as a crucial step towards strengthening economic development.
—semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Canvas’ co-chief executive officer Devin Gilmarti spoke of the importance of fashion diplomacy and the idea that creation can unite nations.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
After World War II, Argentina was thought to have great potential to become one of the world’s leading, wealthy nations.
—Jim Nowlan, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Some trade agreements with other nations resulted in lower auto tariffs, including deals with top car exporters Japan and the European Union.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
As European nations—including France—maintained colonial rule, exploiting millions of people of color across the globe, Nardal wielded her writings as a weapon to challenge the global color line.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
However, doing this would require the consent of Commonwealth nations around the world, which would take time.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Boosting trade between nations on the continent is widely seen as a crucial step towards strengthening economic development.
—semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nations
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This is good to know because Black Americans are increasingly choosing to leave the United States and build their lives in countries that offer a cheaper cost of living, more opportunities for lifestyle upgrades, and to be in places that are more welcoming to people of color.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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Models are typically trained on data from countries in the northern hemisphere, meaning companies building in the southern hemisphere may not get relevant results when prompting chatbots.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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The festival, which started in Little Rock in 1984, has evolved beyond Greek food to include recipes and dishes from Palestine, Armenia, India and more of the nationalities represented at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the festival's host and one of its main sponsors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 11 editions, Next Step has welcomed 97 filmmakers of 39 different nationalities.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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More relaxation, more solution states.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The benefits are administered by the federal government, but states determine eligibility and issue benefits.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hair aging in different races and ethnicities.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The crowd — a mix of young people, couples, LGBTQ+ followers and fans from diverse ethnicities — seemingly knew every lyric as Uchis’ velvety voice floated effortlessly through her bilingual anthems.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
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There’s been a war on Black folks from the Chicago police department since they were invented, on minorities since they were invented.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Trials often under-enroll women, the elderly, and minorities.—
Harsh Gupta,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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Economic impact The Big Sugar Gravel and Little Sugar Mountain Bike races together brought 7,200 visitor trips to Northwest Arkansas in 2024, according to a study published by Daniel Larson of the University of Oklahoma Department of Health and Exercise Science.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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The film was very much an authorized project, with director Joseph Kosinski and his crew filming at several races and F1’s (and its corporate sponsors’) branding visible throughout the film.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Nations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nations. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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