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also sovranty
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as in autonomy
the state of being free from the control or power of another
upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life
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as in nation
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
as parts of the same sovereignty, the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically
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as in dominion
controlling power or influence over others
the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication
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Recent Examples of sovereignty
In a sign of Russia’s position, its negotiating team in today’s talks is helmed by a Kremlin aide who has previously questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Curiel de Icaza said the aim was to attract high-value international productions while ensuring that national productions remain in Mexico, thereby strengthening the country’s creative economy, cultural sovereignty, and the diversity of stories produced from Mexican territory.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Secure sovereignty – Enact Texas Sovereignty & Influence Shield Act (ban foreign/hostile land ownership) and Defense Act (100% border security).
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Curiel de Icaza said the aim was to attract high-value international productions while ensuring that national productions remain in Mexico, thereby strengthening the country’s creative economy, cultural sovereignty, and the diversity of stories produced from Mexican territory.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Secure sovereignty – Enact Texas Sovereignty & Influence Shield Act (ban foreign/hostile land ownership) and Defense Act (100% border security).
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sovereignty
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That impetus brought Lance Hammer back out of the woodwork, a gauntlet thrown to himself to think through problematic contradictions involving the quite different — and often sparring — human verticals of capability, autonomy, and decline.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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Navigating such thorny topics as consent and autonomy in the throes of dementia, the film is relentless in its exploration of impossible-to-answer questions, and uses, as its vessel, three sensational performers who make its drama both luminous and entirely devastating.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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As more than 10 nations in Europe are participating in the F-35 program, this raises concerns related to Trump’s tariff-heavy diplomacy.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Iran remains a nation in shock.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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The driver is dominion, not religion.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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Cosmological queries were the dominion of philosophers, says Jenann Ismael—herself a philosopher of physics at Johns Hopkins University.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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These include emotional regulation, giving and receiving feedback, independence and teamwork.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Like Fed officials who vote on interest-rate decisions, researchers at the 12 regional banks and Board of Governors go to great lengths to establish independence from outside political actors.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The program also pledges to fulfill conditions for adopting the euro currency by 2030, and to invest in Hungary's faltering state health care and public transportation sectors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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South Korean state media reported that snowboarder Choi Ga-on received 300 million won from her sports association after winning gold, while private companies also presented additional gifts, including a luxury watch from Swiss brand Omega.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, the city-state of Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, was battling with the Roman Republic for supremacy in the Mediterranean.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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His detention on Thursday drew sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates, who described it as an attack on media independence and democratic norms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, and major GOP candidates to replace him have largely framed their responses to the measles outbreak around the concept of medical freedom, particularly when discussing vaccine mandates.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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But invading the second biggest country in Europe, after Russia itself, would be a potentially catastrophic prospect which would, surely, give a cold strategist like Putin pause for thought.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The company is one of many benefiting from a ramp up in military spending in many countries.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Sovereignty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereignty. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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