Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for client states
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Two thirds of the country was without electricity at peak demand last week, and daily electricity cuts averaged more than 20 hours in many provinces.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Matcha is sourced from Kyoto and Uji, two Japanese cities, and its tea leaves come from provinces all over China.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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In recent months, Israel has greatly expanded construction in Jewish settlements, legalized outposts and made significant bureaucratic changes to its policies in the territory to strengthen its hold and weaken the Palestinian Authority.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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His ruling coalition, which has a large voter base in the settlements, includes many members who want Israel to annex the West Bank, land captured in the 1967 Middle East war to which Israel cites biblical and historical ties.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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Yet mandates continue to race ahead of grid readiness.—
Suzette Valladares,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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Texas thrives with freedom, not mandates.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Both create different dependencies — and, therefore, different geopolitical risks.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Europe developed too many dependencies on gas with Russia, on security with the United States, and on trade with China.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Snow can protect plants and soils from deep freezes and affect wildlife migration, hibernation and survival.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Tiny natural organisms will quickly turn organic waste into the most nutritious soil additive available.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Five years earlier, English forces had captured Jamaica, which became the country’s portal to the Caribbean and its emerging American colonies.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Marylander John Hanson was the first person elected to lead the body after all 13 colonies signed the Articles of Confederation in 1781.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And the reason for that is that the default data and the default experience does not coincide with the ratings that the ratings agencies attribute to African sovereigns.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
13 Nov. 2025
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Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has similarly dropped into deep curtsies when meeting other sovereigns on trips abroad.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Several countries that once abolished their monarchies—including Spain, Cambodia, and Britain (under Oliver Cromwell)—later restored them as constitutional monarchies.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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First, that monarchies are inherently corrupt.—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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