ministate

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Noun
  • Louden points out, for example, that Swedish and Norwegian are highly mutually intelligible, but neither is considered a dialect of the other, or of a parent language, primarily because each is associated with a separate nation-state.
    Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
  • In the world of Berle and Means, firms operated mostly within the boundaries of nation-states.
    Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • They were inspired by Cicero and Cato, the heroes and martyrs of the Roman republic.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • In what is now the desert Southwest, Velarde was born among the remnants of the Spanish empire and lived under the flags of Mexico and Texas; briefly, the Confederacy, though his family opposed it; and finally, under the stars and stripes of the United States of America.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • When religion is made to serve the work of empire rather than the work of liberation, something has gone grievously wrong.
    Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Eight towns in the commonwealth remain dry.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 23 June 2026
  • The lands historically now known as Ukraine were occupied by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth for centuries, and many Ukrainians view their nation’s genesis as the rebellion of Cossack Hetman Boghdan Khmelnitsky against the commonwealth, an event characterized by massacres of Poles and Jews.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Britain already has the highest borrowing costs in the Group of Seven wealthy nations due to its high debt and interest payments.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • Scotland is a very small nation, six million people who have not been in the World Cup in 28 years.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Last to note, Jupiter, our planet of expansion, soars into the kingdom of Leo from June 30 until July 26, 2027.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • Even though the monarchy no longer exists in Rwanda, so revered are the cows that the traditional gifting and exchanging them among kingdoms has been embraced by Kagame.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • No nation in the world — at least beyond a few microstates within a broader customs union — has no customs enforcement whatsoever.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French ⁠Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its residents to share their wealth and help those in need.
    Reuters, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Athens was a belligerent city-state that fell victim to its own aggressions.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The ultra-wealthy city-state of Monaco on the French Riviera is no stranger to luxury hotels—fellow grand dames Hôtel de Paris and Hermitage sit at the heart of the action around Casino Square—each vying to outdo the other with fancy arrivals and impeccably discreet service.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
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“Ministate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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