Thesaurus results for NATIONS

nations

noun

plural of nation

as in countries

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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a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations

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Recent Examples of nations For those willing to coordinate logistics in advance, the payoff is a front-row view of sporting traditions that predate most modern nations. —

Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026 As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a single phrase. —

Jay Harris, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Indeed, part of Cuba’s transition to solar energy has already been expedited by assistance from foreign nations, including China and Brazil. —

Luisa Blanco, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2026 In some ways this is like many postcolonial nations in the Global South, although Norway’s claims to being a postcolonial country recently freed from the shackles of foreign domination are difficult to sustain in the face of its treatment of indigenous people like the Sámi. —

Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026 The Netherlands is one of four nations holding base camp in the area, joining Argentina and England in Kansas City and Algeria in Lawrence. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026 There may not be a better system, but our health and educational outcomes are flagging relative to peer nations. —

Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026 Even though nuclear energy is making a comeback in nations seeking to balance energy demand with carbon emissions, the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has been in the works for over two decades. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 If anything, smaller nations see China’s military buildup — the largest by any country in peacetime — as the threat to regional security, not Japan’s. —

Andy Browne, semafor.com, 2 June 2026

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The United States and Iran traded strikes overnight in one of the most intense bouts of conflict since the increasingly tenuous ceasefire between the two countries began in April.

— Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
But this group could now be expanded to include additional NATO countries in Europe, according to the Financial Times, which cited three people who had been briefed on the highly confidential discussions.

— Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 June 2026