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Above all, China fears that its unpredictable and often aggressive client state could spark a military conflict with South Korea and the United States, potentially dragging Beijing into a second Korean War.
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Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
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Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back.
—Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for client state
Noun
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Strzok’s claims about his firing were not related to the settlement.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood.—
SHIRA EFRON,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.—
Lloyd Axworthy,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2024
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Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.—
Michael M. Phillips,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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British Columbia was the only province or territory to see a population decrease in the quarter, while Prince Edward Island was the fastest-growing province.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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The ninth Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival opened inside the 14th-century Chinese walled city on Tuesday with a celebration of Shanxi province’s cinematic legacy, live music, dance and the presentation of its signature East-West award to director Feng Xiaogang.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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For the next eight years, the PTC — a group that clearly had a social agenda — had the opportunity to whisper in the ears of commissioners from the FCC, a group that by both history and mandate clearly did not.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Wilson said she was especially disturbed that Ladapo, who is Black, compared mandates to slavery.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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When traffic collapsed after a major search algorithm update, the team reworked audience acquisition to reduce single-source dependency.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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As a purist, Murray defines sobriety as being completely abstinent from habit-forming substances that could cause dependency, including prescription drugs like Xanax and Suboxone.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The future of American democracy might depend on it.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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This is an important first step to restoring trust for people in our democracy and its ability to solve our problems.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Have soil that needs improvement on multiple fronts?—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Multispectral sensors designed to detect subtle soil signatures, rovers carrying mobile cameras and experiments, and plans to piggyback scientific payloads on commercial landers are all part of near-term efforts to move from models and samples toward a working mining plan.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Co-host Ana Navarro compared the government pressure to tactics used by dictatorships to silence the press and the public.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Shaheen called this a historic opportunity for Syria after years of dictatorship under the Assad regime.—
Michele Kelemen,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Client state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20state. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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