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Recent Examples of microstate
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.
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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
If summer is your season of choice, try to plan your visit for the last weekend of July, when a four-day medieval festival takes over the microstate with historical reenactments, crossbow and flag-throwing competitions, and plenty of food, drink, music, and of course, stuff to buy.
—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
By Abby Wilson published 30 September 2024 Albania's prime minister has revealed plans to establish a microstate for Sufi Muslims within the country's capital, Tirana.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
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
In all three countries, local militants backed by Russian muscle declared their own microstates.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
His survey includes time zones, the Eurovision Song Contest, cities, the territorial claims that sliced up Antarctica like a pie, maritime boundaries, and microstates, plus nations and empires throughout history.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 13 Jan. 2025
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
If summer is your season of choice, try to plan your visit for the last weekend of July, when a four-day medieval festival takes over the microstate with historical reenactments, crossbow and flag-throwing competitions, and plenty of food, drink, music, and of course, stuff to buy.
—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
By Abby Wilson published 30 September 2024 Albania's prime minister has revealed plans to establish a microstate for Sufi Muslims within the country's capital, Tirana.
—Abby Wilson, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
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
In all three countries, local militants backed by Russian muscle declared their own microstates.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
His survey includes time zones, the Eurovision Song Contest, cities, the territorial claims that sliced up Antarctica like a pie, maritime boundaries, and microstates, plus nations and empires throughout history.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 13 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
Noun
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Let nation-states race to build narrow AIs for drug discovery, or drone warfare.—
Jason Hausenloy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Across the world, cities are stepping into leadership roles once reserved for nation-states.—
John Eger,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 July 2025
Noun
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From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Our nation has morphed far beyond the republic that the founders initially imagined.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
4 July 2025
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San Diego has all the ingredients to become a city-state in function, if not in law.—
John Eger,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 July 2025
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The $8-billion expansion plan is a testament to the commercial success of Marina Bay Sands, which contains a hotel, mall, convention center and one of only two licensed casinos in the southeast Asian city-state.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Adversarial nations and nefarious hackers are now using AI and MI to discern and exploit vulnerabilities in threat-detecting frameworks.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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When wine tariffs were imposed from 2019 to 2021 importers, distributors and retailers lost $4.52 for every $1 in revenue losses suffered by exporting nations, according to Aneff.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
Noun
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These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The implication was that some powerful figure, or perhaps a cabal of them, secretly killed Epstein to prevent damaging information about themselves from entering the public domain.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails is his newest venture, joining an empire that also includes the Woodshed Smokehouse, Love Shack (Fort Worth and DFW Airport), Queenie’s Steakhouse in Denton, the White Elephant Saloon, Gemelle, Ático, Paloma Suerte, Caterina’s and Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 July 2025
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This year’s gathering, which drew scores of longtime Elon Musk fans, expanded to encompass SpaceX and the other companies in Musk’s overlapping business empire.—
Dana Hull,
Fortune,
27 July 2025
Noun
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Public broadcasting employees and advocates in the commonwealth have warned networks such as KET and the state's NPR stations are vital to keeping residents of rural Kentucky informed in emergency situations and provide other important local news coverage.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 July 2025
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Editor's note: This is not a comprehensive list of every non-bourbon spirit made in Kentucky, but rather a list meant to show the variety of spirits available in the commonwealth.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
17 July 2025
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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Karen insurgents, who had once controlled a ministate within Myanmar, lost most of their territory.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2020
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“Microstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microstate. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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