microstates

noun

plural of microstate
as in nation-states

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microstates
  1. nation-states
  2. city-states
  3. countries
  4. nations
  5. domains
  6. kingdoms
  7. empires
Noun
  • In the world of Berle and Means, firms operated mostly within the boundaries of nation-states.
    — Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • During that conflict, their ancestral homes were nation-states.
    — Ibrahim Al-Marashi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Definition of nation-states
Noun
  • 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
  • As conditions worsened, city-states fought over power and resources.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of city-states
Noun
  • Jimmy Carter took the leaders of Egypt and Israel there in 1978 for talks that produced the Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between the two countries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Iran has previously targeted US infrastructure at military bases in neighboring countries in retaliation for American strikes on its territory.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of countries
Noun
  • Another significant portion of those 13 million barrels were replaced with emergency stockpiles that Western nations, led by the United States, have been releasing for months.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Together, these countries account for the vast majority of global nuclear production, reflecting the capital requirements and long development timelines that limit nuclear power to a relatively small group of nations.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of nations
Noun
  • When network telemetry is integrated into the broader system view, the environment becomes easier to interpret as a single operating reality rather than a collection of disconnected technical domains.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Campaigns may also register several defensive domains so impersonators cannot claim them first.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • For a long time, our leading hypothesis was bullying and violence, but that may be a bit impractical, given their kingdoms are vast networks of tunnels that can stretch for up to three kilometers.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • These stresses put pressure on all of the existing, interconnected kingdoms in the Mediterranean.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • In the mid-twentieth century, the United States replaced the crumbling empires of Britain and France and committed itself to the global containment of Soviet Communism.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • This document shows what a national decision on slavery in one of the world’s biggest empires at the time could mean for other territories.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of empires
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“Microstates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microstates. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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