Thesaurus results for MICROSTATES

microstates

noun

plural of microstate

as in nation-states

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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

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Regional Arab countries, including Kuwait, are almost entirely dependent on desalination for drinking water.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The ingredient, which has been used in Europe and other countries for years, provides broad-spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB rays.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of countries

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And then there was Vozinha, the 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper, making his World Cup debut in a sport not inclined to celebrate old men playing for rookie nations.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The data shows that democracies are overrepresented at the World Cup and also tend to do better than authoritarian nations – but does that matter?

— John A. Tures, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Definition of nations

Noun

The most meaningful transformation will come from scaling trustworthy autonomy across thousands of operational tasks and domains.

— Dave Link, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
And that’s common, especially in domains where strategy, judgment, and staying power come together in real time.

— Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of domains

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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

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Another gripe for many is the American accents uniformly applied to these characters from Greek mythology when everyone knows that all the glorious empires of Hollywood speak exclusively in British accents.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
And that’s a larger problem because family entertainment empires like Disney can’t just rely on aging franchises.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of empires

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