sovereignties

variants also sovranties
plural of sovereignty
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as in independencies
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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Recent Examples of sovereignties The Black Sea region stands out as a canvas of chokepoints and competing sovereignties, of energy routes and grain corridors, of overlapping jurisdictions and unresolved conflicts. Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Over a year ago, the Biden administration gifted Intel $8 billion in CHIPS subsidies for plants in multiple states.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The caller told police she had been told Lawson had killed his roommate the night of June 9, 2024, the affidavit states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The effort also reflects a new tactic by the Christian right in Arizona and nationwide to reassert parental rights by arguing for religious exercise freedoms under the First Amendment.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 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
  • Last season’s winners Paris Saint-Germain had players from eight different nations in their starting line-up.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What's Next The government faces steep socioeconomic and cultural headwinds that have frustrated other nations, and whether ending the two-child policy will make a significant difference on the trend remains uncertain.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The origin of the Bill of Rights was less a principled and honorable declaration of the founders’ commitment to fundamental liberties and more a compromise to get the states to ratify the new Constitution of the United States.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But the nonprofit defends its online-only ministry programs as legitimate and says a Tennessee Attorney General investigation is part of a conspiracy that infringes on the church’s religious liberties.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • Besides Iran, North Korea, and Russia, heads of state or governments from more than a dozen other countries also attended the parade.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In 2021, Xi had announced plans for 10 Luban workshops in SCO countries over the next three years.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Throughout the Bronze Age and medieval centuries, Armenian vineyards thrived under the rule of kingdoms and monasteries.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Campeau designed with the natural world in mind, differentiating the kingdoms of Maui, O’ahu, and Hawaii through key geographic features in each.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Sovereignties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereignties. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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