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client state

noun

Definition of client state

as in settlement

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Recent Examples of client state Their client state of Syria is no more. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026 Hamas and Hezbollah, which have enjoyed Iran’s support, have also been seriously debilitated and there is a new government in Syria that is no longer a client state of Iran. — Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 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

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Noun

In the coming months, the city will provide updates to the court as part of their commitments detailed in the settlement, said Banks.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's ultranationalist government, settlement construction in the West Bank — seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — has surged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of settlement

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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.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.

— Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024

Definition of trust territory

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After a typhoon brought severe flooding to the southwestern province of Guangxi in early July, the government updated the official death toll figure more than a month later from 39 dead to 159.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Its total uninterrupted time at sea before Wednesday’s arrival in Chonburi province was 264 days.

— Jintamas Saksornchai, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of province

Noun

State subsidies and mandates from Beijing have also encouraged excess production and cutthroat price wars, forcing them to turn to export markets and resulting in nearly a third of Chinese industrial firms operating at a loss.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
The guidelines often provide recommendations to districts rather than mandates.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of mandate

Noun

If milestones stay fixed while priorities, risks and dependencies keep changing, stakeholders are managing expectations based on outdated assumptions.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
It’s hopefully not imposed by economic dependency or an inability to love outside your ethnicity or religion or language.

— Gloria Steinem, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of dependency

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Despite being divided on most issues, an overwhelming majority of Americans agree that their democracy is in a state of crisis or facing serious challenges.

— Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
But some analysts see it as an opportunity to shift the conversation and strengthen democracy.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of democracy

Noun

Black chokeberry does well in moist, slightly acidic soils and partial shade, but can grow well in various environments.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
Authorities also have said that multiple water and soil tests in Gospic came out negative for contamination.

— Darko Bandic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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