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client states

noun

plural of client state

as in trust territories

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As talks wore on this week, the government of Carney faced some pushback from premiers of Canada’s provinces back home.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
The Taliban rapidly captured provinces and took control of key cities.

— Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of provinces

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Immigration lawyers have argued that the administration is detaining people longer than allowed by previous court settlements.

— Laura Romero, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Israel’s Housing Ministry issued a notice inviting bids for the construction of more than 1,200 housing units in E1 near Jerusalem, which aims to create a continuous bloc of Jewish settlements from East Jerusalem to the West Bank.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of settlements

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Beyond the architecture, the Costa Rican government mandates that 70 percent of the peninsula’s dry tropical forest remains protected—paradise will not be paved.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
Malone, who was a vocal critic of vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, did pin some blame on falling trust in the scientific establishment for the slight downtick in inoculations.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of mandates

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Aerospace manufacturers are using it to consolidate part counts, improve performance and eliminate supply dependencies on components that previously required complex procurement chains.

— Rich Garrity, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The political appetite for accepting the deindustrialization and critical dependencies that come with the flood of Chinese imports is finite and shrinking.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of dependencies

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Electronic circuits move electrical signals through wires, while these biological circuits move molecules between bacterial colonies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Both former colonies of Japan, the two came to rely on exports to drive growth – first labor-intensive goods like garments in the 1960s, followed by electronics such as home appliances in the 1970s and ’80s.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of colonies

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On 28 July, Moody’s changed its MENA outlook from stable to negative, noting that the impairment of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will weigh on the growth of Gulf sovereigns, as well as their fiscal and external positions.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
As one of the big three ratings agencies, alongside Fitch and Moody’s, S&P Global plays a crucial role in determining whether African sovereigns and businesses can secure capital from international financial markets.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

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