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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
  • Fashion represents 5 percent of industrial production in Italy and there are 47 provinces with production hubs linked to fashion in the country.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The warning came despite signs of improvement in other provinces, including Ituri, the outbreak’s epicenter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 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
  • This can help investors measure their exposure not only to extreme weather, but also to geographic concentrations across supply chains, tariff policies and energy-transition mandates.
    — Henry Fernandez, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • During the pandemic, mRNA became almost synonymous with COVID-19 vaccines — and thus entangled with the mandates and restrictions that many Americans resented.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 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
  • Key Takeaways Aeration improves soil health by reducing compaction and helping nutrients reach grass roots.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The project explores how hydroponic growing—which grows crops in water instead of soil—and AI can reduce cotton’s reliance on these resources.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 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 27 Sep. 2026.

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