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
  • That likely limits exploitation to insiders or attackers, such as nation-states or ransomware operators, who manage to gain low-level access inside a network and are looking for a way to elevate system rights.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Ternus’ hard technical skills may not translate easily to a position that involves toggling from Hollywood to stockholders, to politicians shaping policy, to rival CEOs in the constellation of tech companies whose power challenges nation-states.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of nation-states
Noun
  • Also intertwined are ancient myths of warring city-states, the raw, moody poetry of John Keats, and the modern battle between a faithless husband and his wife, the poem’s raging speaker.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His historical record of the Peloponnesian War described how Athens’ rapid rise in power alarmed Sparta and made war between the two city-states inevitable.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of city-states
Noun
  • The crisis helped cement the rupture between the two countries, which have had no formal diplomatic relations for years.
    — ELENA BECATOROS, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • While there are no comprehensive figures for how many workers left the compounds, reports from nearby countries provide a glimpse into the size and diversity of the workforce.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of countries
Noun
  • Other nations like India, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras were named in AAFA’s report for issues stemming from regional regulatory and enforcement differences.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Outright landfill bans on composite waste in nations like Germany and Austria make finding scalable alternative processing methods an imperative for the renewable energy sector.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of nations
Noun
  • Oxygen helps stabilize tiny zirconia domains In the zirconia study, researchers found regions smaller than one square nanometer in which electrical polarization pointed in a consistent direction.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Enterprise environments span multiple technology domains and providers.
    — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • Because in the moment of the rose’s existence, there is—however temporary and however short—that blissful perfection which stands in opposition to those corrupted kingdoms of this world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Ramsay created three similar pocket watches for James VI in the early 1600s, with the present example distinguished by four emblems on the case edge that are associated with the kingdoms of Scotland, England, Ireland and France under the king.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of kingdoms
Noun
  • Centuries of blood and thunder have erupted across the stages of the world, as empires rise and fall against the crescendos of Wagnerian imperialism, with the heroics of gods and men alike unfolding in the balance.
    — Jordan Owen, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • With online servers providing the structure for a living and evolving universe where players fought, traded, and created empires from scratch, its limited visual presentation was no issue.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of empires
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