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client states

noun

plural of client state
as in trust territories

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  1. provinces
  2. settlements
  3. fatherlands
  4. mandates
  5. dependencies
  6. soil
  7. colonies
  8. sovereigns
Noun
  • Heavy rains and flooding have submerged or damaged about 10,014 hectares (24,745 acres) of rice and other crops, with the largest losses reported in Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of provinces
Noun
  • Civil litigation can drag on for years, frequently ending in settlements reached at the eleventh hour, just before a trial begins.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • More ambitiously, the roadmap calls for the Bank of Russia and the Central Bank of Iran to develop the use of central bank digital currencies for cross-border settlements.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of settlements
Noun
  • Now your benevolence and friendship offers us beautiful Europe and great America as fatherlands.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of fatherlands
Noun
  • That was a disquieting pointer to Federal Reserve Board policy, for the central bank counted controlling inflation, not enduring full employment, as one of its mandates.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Christian then lays out the finale’s mandates, which, just like last season, are dramatically slashed down from what Project Runway used to be.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of mandates
Noun
  • This includes automation of monitoring, exception alerts, access control verification, data quality measures, log files, dependencies and dashboards to provide visibility into critical processes.
    — Ramachander Rao Thallada, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There are now 17 African countries and two dependencies that have French as their official language or as one of multiple official languages.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of dependencies
Noun
  • The Americans have not hoisted the Ryder Cup on foreign soil since 1993.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Nigeria holds 26 of the roughly 60 minerals on the US critical minerals list in commercial quantities, Oduwole said, adding that Abuja’s condition for partnership is development and job creation on Nigerian soil, not raw material exports.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • The pink tint of the guano reveals the balance of krill and fish in the penguins’ diet, allowing scientists to monitor the remote colonies and observe how the decline of Antarctic sea ice is altering the region’s food web.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The youngest raccoons will spend a few weeks mostly indoors being bottle-fed by rehabbers until they’re vaccinated for diseases carried by cat colonies and dogs and are ready to move to outdoor pens.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of colonies
Noun
  • 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
Definition of sovereigns
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“Client states.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20states. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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