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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.
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
The competition is the first properly cross-border league in the sport, designed to incorporate club sides from microstates into a professional competitive structure and provide them with a pathway to major tournaments.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 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
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
The competition is the first properly cross-border league in the sport, designed to incorporate club sides from microstates into a professional competitive structure and provide them with a pathway to major tournaments.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 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
Surrounded by Italy on all sides, this microstate — the third smallest in Europe — has stubbornly clung to its independence over the centuries, even as revolutions and world wars swirled around it.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Only clergy members and administrative staff will live within the microstate, according to AFP.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
Noun
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Iran is a terrorist nation-state and is a threat to democracies worldwide.—
Derek Tran,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The brutal Iranian regime posed a threat to Israel’s existence, and Israel is merely acting as any nation-state would — to protect itself and its citizens.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In 1836, Apaches raided a remote ranch near Janos, a tiny town on the northern fringes of the state of Chihuahua, in the newly independent republic of Mexico.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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For 37 years, Khamenei presided over a transformation of Iran’s political system from what was once called a republic into a system of concentrated clerical authority — what many critics describe as absolute guardianship.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Those myths were conveyed through performance, sung in the great halls of the elite, recited at festivals all across the ancient world, staged at the theatre to large audiences, and displayed on wall paintings, mosaics, vases, and sculptures that adorned both sacred sanctuaries and city-states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the wealthy city-state of Singapore, migrant workers are excluded from the country’s Employment Act and limits on working hours, among other protections, and are restricted from participating in union activities, the report said.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Grateful to the Packers organization, my teammates, and Packers nation for seven great years.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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This season, North Crowley will be a hard team to eliminate, as the squad has been one of the most dominant not just in Texas, but the entire nation.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hey, that guy is well into the public domain.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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Despite its dangerous reputation, accidents in the main La Grave ski domain are extremely rare.—
Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the years following Deng Xiaoping’s turn toward a capitalist economy, some Chinese intellectuals felt a kind of spiritual malaise; Deng’s reforms had failed to provide moral direction for a vast and proud former empire.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Western media reports also suggested the Mojtaba had used his position to amass enormous wealth, with some estimates suggesting a financial empire worth billions of dollars.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kay Scarpetta is, like many protagonists of these sorts of stories, a remarkable and mythical investigator, returning to her old job as chief medical examiner of the commonwealth of Virginia in order to spend more time with her grieving niece, Lucy (DeBose), who has lost her wife.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Schools across the commonwealth are kicking off their spring breaks in the coming weeks, meaning locals will be hopping in their cars to visit family and travel.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His ministate is hierarchical, patriarchal and militaristic, a utilitarian utopia rather than a revolutionary experiment.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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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
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“Microstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microstate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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