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Recent Examples of sovereignty In Canada, our sovereignty, our identity has come under threat. Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025 Alliances are about alignment and common purpose—not about sacrificing sovereignty. Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025 The announcement comes as rumors swirl about the kingdom making a direct investment of $40 billion in OpenAI, and the unveiling of a new regulatory framework designed to encourage foreign technology investment while establishing Saudi sovereignty over its data. Jon Medved, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025 In a motion in May to dismiss the charges, Dugan argued that the federal government violated Wisconsin’s sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge. Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sovereignty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sovereignty
Noun
  • The Athletic maintains full editorial independence.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the change, the country remains home to the longest-running civil war in the world since gaining its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • America is a nation shaped by political violence and steeped in its aftershocks.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Modi was responding to a post by Trump on Truth Social, which said that New Delhi and Washington were continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between both nations.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But despite his global dominance, Armani — who died at age 91 on September 4 — will be honored for the last time in a private funeral ceremony away from the spotlight and near his birthplace.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The dominance of Wilson, Langley and Moroney will be welcomed as a signpost for the many who have championed the underdog role of women in country in recent years.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The true American idea has always been fueled by hope, by optimism, by inclusion, by freedom.
    John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Texas measles outbreak served as a warning shot in the new vaccine wars, pitting different parts of the country against each other, with a focus on maximizing individual freedoms versus the common good.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Prior to the new funding plan, the project had secured about $27 billion, the bulk of it provided by state sources.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Packers’ domination of Detroit just one game?
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • More recently, from 2013 to 2014, Gardin documented the destructive transit of cruise ships through Venice’s delicate canals—a grotesque symbol for the domination of the city, and the country, by tourism and big business.
    Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This visit was very important signal for our partners that Kyiv, much more safety right now, and also very important signal that Great Britain stay together with Ukraine, support Ukraine -- support our country in the fight for our freedom, for our independency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Yet the careful reader will appreciate the significance of the Puritan Cromwell’s independency.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • In 2023, the commonwealth was one of two states with a split legislature, meaning Republicans held the state Senate and Democrats the House.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Every year, thousands of athletes around the commonwealth lace up their cleats, all with dreams of playing at Gillette in December.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Sovereignty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereignty. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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