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

That likely limits exploitation to insiders or attackers, such as nation-states or ransomware operators, who manage to gain low-level access inside a network and are looking for a way to elevate system rights.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Ternus’ hard technical skills may not translate easily to a position that involves toggling from Hollywood to stockholders, to politicians shaping policy, to rival CEOs in the constellation of tech companies whose power challenges nation-states.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of nation-state

Noun

Locked in a war of attrition with the United States, the Islamic republic has clear objectives.

— Reuel Marc Gerecht, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Preserving our constitutional republic from radical Islam means accepting the costs that come with it—name-calling, threats, and worse.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of republic

Noun

Located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 137 kilometers north of the Equator, Singapore is a city-state known for its modern urban environment and high standards of living.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Also intertwined are ancient myths of warring city-states, the raw, moody poetry of John Keats, and the modern battle between a faithless husband and his wife, the poem’s raging speaker.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of city-state

Noun

Deployments from contributing nations have lagged and costs have risen.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
The event reinforces our commitment to building a strong, collaborative supply chain that delivers economic growth, innovation and long-term maritime capability in both nations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of nation

Noun

But the company is no longer signing many large new contracts for spaceflight services, at least in the traditional launch and in-space flight domains.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026
Hackers are creating malicious domains that impersonate the AnyPS5 and KytyPS5 projects.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of domain

Noun

That’s what the Democratic candidate did in her successful race for commonwealth attorney in Arlington, Virginia.

— Ronald Wright, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
The Northern Mariana Islands opted to become a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 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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