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ministates

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plural of ministate

as in republics

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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

In the book’s arc, this lands as a chilling dismissal, and a reminder of the magnitude of Bret’s increasingly psychotic concern over Robert Mallory and the Trawler, and his detachment from his own life.

— Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Opening a restaurant in San Sebastián is only for the brave—the highest concentration of Michelin stars on the planet is in these lands.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of lands

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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

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Howard Kakita has traveled to 70 countries in his 88 years, but his first international trip came back in 1940, when he was sent to Japan at just 2 years old.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Gun ownership in Thailand is relatively high compared with other countries in Southeast Asia.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of countries

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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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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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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

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

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