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Recent Examples of annexation
The upcoming election follows a special meeting in May where the Palmer Lake Board of Trustees voted 6-1 to approve the site’s eligibility for annexation.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
However, the conflict is seen as happening in two stages, with Russia's invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 linked to the current war.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
One of Putin’s main concerns going into the talks was the lifting of Western sanctions imposed in response to the annexation of Crimea.
—Anna Batta, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
This eventually led to the full annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire in 1783.
—Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
However, the conflict is seen as happening in two stages, with Russia's invasion and annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 linked to the current war.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
One of Putin’s main concerns going into the talks was the lifting of Western sanctions imposed in response to the annexation of Crimea.
—Anna Batta, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
This eventually led to the full annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire in 1783.
—Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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The Nazi Party began looting art in the early 1930s from Jewish dealers who were forced to sell their valuables before fleeing to safety, and an official confiscation group called the Einsatzstab Reichsleiters Rosenberg (ERR) was created in 1940.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Consequences for violations vary by school but may include parental contact, device confiscation, detention or suspension.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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The expropriation entailed the government seizing a 51% equity stake in YPF.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Land expropriations will also be authorized.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Experts say a forcible takeover would likely knock Taiwan's chipmakers offline, temporarily if not longer term.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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Between their 2018 takeover and the end of 2023-24, Villa spent 132 per cent of income on wages and player amortisation costs.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Plus adds the NordPass password manager along with Threat Protection Pro for malware screening and sequestration, including an ad and tracker blocker and advanced browsing protection, and ups the eSim data provided to 5GB.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cato’s Adam Michel helpfully identifies them: credits for enhanced oil recovery, for marginal wells and for carbon capture and sequestration.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 July 2025
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Again, ignoring the words of the law, the two-judge majority held that only the comptroller could sue to stop the president, not people whose lives and fortunes were destroyed by the president's impoundment decisions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Past efforts by presidents to control federal spending through impoundment or executive orders have often been thwarted by Congress and the courts.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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Third, the broader the federal statute, the more important preemption will become.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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With states able to legislate freely, the move increased pressure on the White House and Congress to work on federal legislation or preemption to avoid a patchwork of state laws.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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In recent years, it has been funded with a relatively even split of private donations to support its programming, and federal appropriations provided by Congress to support its core operations including the maintenance of the facilities, further underscoring its unique status.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Congress is expected to vote this week on one of its 12 appropriations bills to fund the government for Fiscal Year 2026 and avoid a shutdown.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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This group defies old assumptions and shows why traditional generational labels may be too blunt to guide modern marketing strategies.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The results challenge decades of assumptions about the virus.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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