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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
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
This currently includes 23 EU member states, six non-EU countries, and three European microstates, covering a total of 32 countries and territories.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sep. 2024
Chechnya, ruled by the current president, Ramzan Kadyrov, as a kind of microstate according to his own interpretations of sharia and Chechen tradition, offers the most extreme example of this arrangement.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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
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
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
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
This currently includes 23 EU member states, six non-EU countries, and three European microstates, covering a total of 32 countries and territories.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sep. 2024
Chechnya, ruled by the current president, Ramzan Kadyrov, as a kind of microstate according to his own interpretations of sharia and Chechen tradition, offers the most extreme example of this arrangement.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstate
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The Future of Cyber Defense: Can Enterprises Keep Up? With cybercriminals and nation-state actors adopting AI, cloud exploitation, and sophisticated social engineering, organizations must rethink their approach to security.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The exploitation of vulnerabilities in virtual machine software has been one of the most common ways threat actors working for both nation-states and crime syndicates have gained entry into some of the world’s most sensitive networks.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
4 Mar. 2025
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Longtime Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who had served nearly 10 years governing the oil-rich republic as head of the People’s National Movement, had taken the unusual step of resigning from office.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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But as a matter of context, there is a difference between the principled partisans of the early republic, the professional analysts of the 20th century, and an owner who demands his media outlet’s opinions should be limited to his preferences.—
Joseph Jones,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Trailblazer and their companions will travel to another city-state in the hopes of peacefully securing the next Coreflame, though – predictably – some challenges arise along the way.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Rather, in the tradition of the Seabury Commission that investigated Walker, a joint city-state body, composed of qualified persons with minimal political attachments, can take a hard look at the charges against the mayor.—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Germany and other European nations plan to increase government spending over the next several years, resulting in additional bond issuance.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Our nation’s and our state’s infrastructure is aging, and among the biggest threats to the long-term stability of our bridges and roadways is the wear and tear caused by overweight trucks.—
Ydanis Rodriguez,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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The Legislature doesn’t have control over property taxes, which are the domain of local governments.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Like Pac-Man, this domain closes around reactants and reopens to release products.—
Priyanka Naik,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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But building a criminal empire is expensive, and not just monetarily.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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McKinley, after all, presided over America’s 1898 emergence as a colonial empire.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
21 Feb. 2025
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Staff members there are tasked with supporting rape crisis centers across the commonwealth with technical support and training.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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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 23 Mar. 2025.
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