Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministates
Noun
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While these capabilities are intended to help companies detect and fix flaws, they could also be weaponized by hackers, including nation-states, to find and exploit vulnerabilities.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026 -
Today, the self-congratulation of white liberals has been displaced by white-supremacist promoters of Western civilization who don’t merely posit but brutally enforce inequality between races, peoples, cultures, and nation-states.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Landowners are fairly compensated, and taxpayers are able to protect agricultural and natural lands forever.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, at times, there are high winds, and overspray lands on the plants.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Xi said China and Russia need to use closer and stronger strategic collaboration to defend the legitimate interests of both nations and safeguard the unity of Global South countries, the state broadcaster CCTV reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Those have strengthened the arguments of nations that make the case for getting off the dollar.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Two decades after Steve Jobs premiered the iPhone, a small but passionate movement — with offshoots in several countries — is rebelling against the omnipresent screen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ministers insist that, with kerosene supplies from the Netherlands and the Belgian hub of Antwerp remaining uninterrupted, there is no risk of rationing as some Asian countries are already doing.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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His route to Sparta would have taken him through Corinth, Nemea, and Arcadia and avoided kingdoms or city-states not allied with Athens.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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Those myths were conveyed through performance, sung in the great halls of the elite, recited at festivals all across the ancient world, staged at the theatre to large audiences, and displayed on wall paintings, mosaics, vases, and sculptures that adorned both sacred sanctuaries and city-states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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The original Aegon was the first to unite the kingdoms of Westeros under one ruler.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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As in many kingdoms, behind every Mughal emperor, there sat a line of ambitious sons, extraordinary mothers, rival siblings, and occasionally some very inconvenient relatives.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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The science looks so similar across different domains, in terms of how much genetics matters, but our response to the science in the culture can swing really wildly from one direction to the other.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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The group then used its control of routers to change DNS lookups for select websites, including, Microsoft said, domains for the company’s 365 service.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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And some have other, even more lucrative pieces of their empires, including merchandising, theme parks, hotels and cruise lines.—
Sarah Whitten,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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Situated at the crossroads of empires — from Persian and Roman to Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman — it has long been shaped by conquest and survival.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Ministates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministates. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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