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client states

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plural of client state

as in trust territories

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Fujian now ranks among the top eight provinces in total GDP and fourth nationwide in per-capita GDP.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The virus has spread to eight provinces and 66 health zones across the country’s eastern region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of provinces

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The United Kingdom’s top diplomat warned companies against violating international law by helping to build Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
The grave dates to a period when people were transitioning from hunting and gathering to living in permanent settlements, farming and raising livestock, according to officials.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlements

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But when mandates or control measures are used as the main tool in a crisis response, a short-term impact can be difficult to sustain.

— Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
ObamaCare premiums have been rising quickly because of the law’s structure and mandates.

— Merrill Matthews, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

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Continuing to explore the hotel’s outdoor spaces, next up is the Almagra Rooftop, which gets its name from the originally Arabic word used to describe the typically reddish soil found in Seville.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
The mangrove forest's mature trees and carbon-rich soils store earth warming greenhouse gases, said Marie Arnaud, a researcher at the French Sustainable Development Institute based at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of soil

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To be fair, some British ships were engaged in illicit trade in the Spanish colonies.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
Although iguana colonies remain relatively stable, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) still lists them as Vulnerable due to predators, mounting pollution issues, and cyclical El Niño events.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of colonies

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Only three African sovereigns hold investment grade ratings, according to a background note from the AU’s African Peer Review Mechanism (ARPM).

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Any harm was downstream, but the river was part of an interstate system governed by a compact between sovereigns.

— Gale Norton, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

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