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as in state
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789
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Recent Examples of nation
But Congress narrowed Medicare eligibility to citizens, lawful permanent residents, Cuban and Haitian nationals, and people covered under the Compacts of Free Association, agreements between the United States and Pacific island nations.
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Vanessa G. Sánchez, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
The latter nation’s participation has generated a large outcry, with multiple open letters and a threat by the European Union to defund the Biennale.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
And Curacao is the home nation of Andruw Jones, just elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
Some energy infrastructure in OPEC nations, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, has been damaged by Iran’s strikes over the past month, while about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply remains choked off from global markets due to the Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Vanessa G. Sánchez, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
The latter nation’s participation has generated a large outcry, with multiple open letters and a threat by the European Union to defund the Biennale.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
And Curacao is the home nation of Andruw Jones, just elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
Some energy infrastructure in OPEC nations, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, has been damaged by Iran’s strikes over the past month, while about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply remains choked off from global markets due to the Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nation
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Last week, the state legislature’s Joint Budget Committee proposed cutting funding to the Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation, part of a host of cost-saving measures lawmakers are taking to address Colorado’s massive budget deficit.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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British men Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old of dual British-Pakistani nationality, all from east London, were charged Friday with arson and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Debris fell in the city’s Ajban area, with 12 people of foreign nationality sustaining injuries including one Nepali national suffering a major injury.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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That decade started with the 1973 oil embargo by Arab countries who were members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which many attribute to helping end Jimmy Carter's presidency.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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And both reckon with the extent to which historical ignorance and the calculated distortion of the past threaten the foundation on which our country was built.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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While Heinrich ponders the misfiring neurons in the brain of a mass shooter, Jack’s pursuit of Mink—a character whose skin color and ambiguous ethnicity Jack remarks on repeatedly—leads him directly into the urban teeth of the War on Drugs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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By ethnicity, Asians topped with total annual contributions of $7,936, followed by White people with $7,605.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Boone and Henderson counties are among the cheapest places to buy gas in the commonwealth.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Apr. 2026
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Hayes stressed in his statement to the Washington Examiner that taxes from skill games could raise significant revenue for the commonwealth and small business owners.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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Shia Islam is the majority religion in Iran, but the constitution recognizes Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity as minority sects, with each represented in parliament.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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On September 23, 1980, one day after launching airstrikes on Iran, Iraqi ground forces crossed into Khuzestan, a strategic western province that contained Iran’s largest oil field and a considerable number of Iranian Arabs, a minority in the country.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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Within months, her brother had sold the family home in Streamwood for around $160,000.—
Carol Thompson,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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That game served as a fundraiser for the MacCallum family.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The 10 candidates in the governor's race are Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Betty Yee.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Two inches in thirty minutes can overwhelm drainage systems and leave deep ponds in lower areas as water races downhill.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Nation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nation. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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