Thesaurus results for MICROSTATE

microstate

noun

Definition of microstate

as in nation-state

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Recent Examples of microstate The incident drew outcry from the microstate’s tiny Jewish community, which only just got its first full-time rabbi, a Chabad emissary, in the last two years. — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026 Mini, competing in slalom and giant slalom events, hails from San Marino, the second-smallest independent microstate in Italy, one covering only 25 square miles of the Apennine Mountains. — Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Swiatek will likely also pay an additional 4% tax in Poland, reducing her championship winnings by an additional $162,000. Sinner, originally from Italy, will pay no additional taxes because his primary residence is in the income tax-free microstate of Monaco. — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025 According to the 2025 Knight Frank Wealth Report, a cool $1 million will get you just 205 square feet of space in this glittering microstate on the French Riviera. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microstate

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Noun

The argument for freedom of movement often involves a comparison to movement within a nation-state.

— J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
For the first 15 years thereafter, terrorism supplanted other threats such as those coming from nation-states (China, Iran, North Korea and Russia), and our country took our eye off of existential threats to our security.

— John M. Weaver, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of nation-state

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Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Grunis had previously fought in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces, and also took part in Russia’s campaign in Syria.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of republic

Noun

Debating literary currency The scheme has sparked debate in the affluent city-state over whether cash can truly cultivate a lifelong love for books.

— Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
By the later Middle Ages, Italian city-states such as Venice and Genoa were major European trading centers, importing goods from the eastern Mediterranean and distributing them to markets across Europe.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

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Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand and the two countries can contribute to each other's success, thereby benefiting the wider world.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Sheinbaum confirmed the participation of the K-pop group in the bilateral meeting, which will primarily address topics such as trade and investment cooperation as well as the expansion of South Korean cultural content in the Latin American nation.

— Natalia Cano, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of nation

Noun

The dominant language of the western half of the empire was Latin, with Greek predominating in the eastern parts of the empire.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Beauty in Black is a drama following Polidore’s Kimmie, a Chicago strip-club dancer, whose life becomes entangled with Mallory (Crystle Stewart), the powerful head of a hair-care empire.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of empire

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Prosecutors for the commonwealth of Massachusetts must now decide whether to retry Clancy.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
The Pennsylvania State Police held an event Thursday that had only been held one other time in the commonwealth, but on the other side of the state.

— Josh Taylor, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of commonwealth

Noun

His ministate is hierarchical, patriarchal and militaristic, a utilitarian utopia rather than a revolutionary experiment.

— New York Times, New York Times, 13 May 2021
Islamic State also tried to establish a ministate of its own in the Indonesian regency of Poso, on Sulawesi island, in 2015.

— Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 June 2018

Definition of ministate

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