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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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced plans to sever ties with the British crown and transform his country into a republic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
The weaponization and deconstruction of our institutions and republic are no laughing matter.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of republic

Noun

This story covers a range of topics, including mall redevelopment, mansion sales, unaffordable housing and city-state litigation.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2026
Just as oil money transformed and modernized the Gulf into city-states of gleaming skyscrapers, centuries of wine money have polished this rural corner of Burgundy into an agri-luxury oasis.

— George Nelson for ArtNews, Robb Report, 9 July 2026

Definition of city-state

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The exact circumstances in each nation differ, but vaccination gaps are a common thread, leading some experts to question if more catastrophic measles outbreaks are around the corner.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Yet at an event on Thursday, Huang displayed unwavering confidence, projecting that Nvidia's chip sales will double next year as nations and corporations continue scaling up AI investments.

— , CNBC, 18 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

Noun

The order comes as groups across the commonwealth are recognizing the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City, which killed 2,977 people.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Shortly after her arrival at her grandmother’s, in 1900, Australia transforms from six British colonies into a single, largely self-governing commonwealth.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 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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