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client states

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plural of client state

as in trust territories

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Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
According to Iran’s Red Crescent, 24 of Iran’s 32 provinces were hit in the first day of bombings, with more than 200 deaths and 700 injuries reported.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of provinces

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A little over 5% of its population is Black, and Elkhart and its neighboring counties are home to one of the nation's largest Amish settlements.

— Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2026
Moreover, given how many IDF officers and soldiers now identify with the settlers and the religious-right parties, any order to evacuate even a handful of settlements could lead to broad noncompliance.

— Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of settlements

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The project resonates with a vague but broadly felt frustration with urban life, exacerbated by return-to-office mandates and cost-of-living hikes.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
University of Pittsburgh researchers studied RTO mandates at big public companies and found no gain in financial performance — just a drop in employee satisfaction.

— Lori Janke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of mandates

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Once tasks are entered, Project can automatically calculate start and end dates based on dependencies.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026
True flexibility and control are both predicated on an organization’s ability to see every part of their infrastructure, from the dependencies that support critical business processes to the ways that their AI applications communicate.

— Pavel Bykov, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dependencies

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This was a real life, post-WWII intelligence operation that relocated over 1,500 German engineers, scientists, and technicians — some confirmed to have been Nazis — in order to utilize their skills in and on behalf of American soil.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Farming perennials is less disruptive to that carbon-capturing soil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of soil

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Living colonies cover recent decades and can be checked against instrument data.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Such groups may include perennial nomads (such as the Roma in Europe), Indigenous peoples in former European colonies, or smaller tribes in societies where tribal membership is socially significant.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of colonies

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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

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