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Recent Examples of client state
For more than 60 years, pre-revolutionary Cuba endured independence without sovereignty as an American client state.
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Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
Their client state of Syria is no more.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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
Greece was seen as bulwark against Moscow and its client states in southeastern Europe.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for client state
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
Their client state of Syria is no more.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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.
—
Shuxian Luo,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2025
Greece was seen as bulwark against Moscow and its client states in southeastern Europe.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for client state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for client state
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He is scheduled to return to court for a settlement conference Thursday.
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Unless the settlement fund is established and distributes payments, that scenario is unlikely.
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The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon.
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Yutthana Samranwong, a 54-year-old driver in Thailand’s northern Phitsanulok province, says booking online for public charging ports to keep his MG4 EV running is a gamble.
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Medical workers escort an Ebola patient to an Ebola treatment center in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 20, 2026.
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The Education Department’s civil rights office had long been the last resort for parents who believe their child is facing discrimination at school, with a mandate to review all complaints.
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With James Dolan registering a mandate against going above the second apron, Knicks are not among the teams capable of giving Robinson a meaningful raise.
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Domestic recycling from secondary sources represents one pathway to reduce that dependency.
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For incident response agents, this means producing an investigation trail with relevant alerts, logs, metrics, deployment and infrastructure events, and dependencies.
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Divisions are part of the price of democracy, argued Lincoln author and University of Florida professor Allen Guelzo.
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The birthright citizenship ruling was a win for democracy — and a warning about erasing history, argues columnist Anita Chabria.
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However, in New England, silage corn harvest can extend to late October due to labor constraints, unfavorable soil conditions, and weather variability, which can substantially narrow the window for early cover crop establishment using these conventional drill-seeding methods.
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Carrots prefer deep, loose, fertile, loamy or sandy soil.
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Building tension gave way to war in 1982, when Argentina, then under a brutal dictatorship, sent a military expedition to the islands.
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Public anger over Chun’s dictatorship led to massive nationwide protests in 1987, forcing him to accept a constitutional revision introducing direct presidential elections, which is widely seen as the start of South Korea’s transition to democracy.
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“Client state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20state. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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