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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

As a result, plans need to be made to deal with the logistics of several celestial vehicles taxiing and docking at the port and eventually at a permanent moon settlement.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
Sonil Jain, Co-founder of Sowtex and ReMaterial, noted that for a fabric exporter trading with Russia, Brazil, or the UAE, there were many possible benefits, including cheaper, faster B2B settlements without dollar-clearing fees destroying margins.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 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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Canadian government officials have consulted provinces and labor groups but have not settled on what form the relationship should take.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
The survivors said the collapse took place at al-Zara gold mine in the town of Nuhud in West Kordofan province, which is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that have been fighting against the Sudanese military for over three years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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The Alliance rejected accusations of greenwashing at the time, saying its mandate was to identify scalable collection, sorting and recycling solutions and that projects operating at the edge of commercial viability would not all succeed.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Speed is, in many ways, still a mandate for survival in the AI business landscape.

— Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of mandate

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Cutting overseas dependency China possesses extensive rubidium and cesium reserves locked inside specialty lithium ores and salt-lake brines.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
One of the toughest challenges for families contending with substance dependency and psychiatric disorders is, at times, simply letting go.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dependency

Noun

Of course, democracy is not a sufficient condition for disarmament, much less abolition.

— Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
The political climate that culminated in the 1940 Constitution was embraced by much of Cuba’s artistic and intellectual community as part of a broader quest for democracy and modernization.

— Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of democracy

Noun

The text of the agreement, which has been released publicly by the administration, establishes a joint study between the two countries on the feasibility of an enrichment facility on Saudi Arabian soil.

— Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
If your home uses a septic system, wastewater flows into a tank and filters through soil.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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