territories

plural of territory
as in habitats
the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found that plant's territory extends from Georgia all the way north to Maine

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Recent Examples of territories Unsurprisingly, Petal drops from the highest rung on album rosters almost everywhere this frame, replaced at the summit by different projects in different territories. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Travelers leaving Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s other territory in North Africa, are subject to exit checks at ports and airports, an obstacle for migrants who enter the territories illegally and hope to reach the European continent. ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Eventually, nearly 40 states and some 80 countries and territories were offering film incentives in the form of transferable tax credits, grants or rebates. Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Separately, executives said the new cable giant will re-shore overseas jobs and recruit more than 1,000 new residential and business sales jobs in Cox territories. Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026 All eight episodes of Season 2 will premiere Wednesday, October 21 , exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 The Israel Guys is busing thousands of global volunteers into contested territories to pick crops, open tourist hubs, and counter hostile media reports. Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 But in the 1990s the mostly free flow of people ended, as Spain started to build what today is a complicated border fence complex to separate the European territories from Africa. Miguel MacIas, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026 The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885 physically linked separate colonies and territories into one country and connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific. Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Discover the different habitats that live in Del Valley in this less-than-one-mile hike with a naturalist.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There are 22 species of goldenrod native to different habitats in the Chicago region, from prairies to woods.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Jones, who is from Boise, Idaho, learned about a program through his internship supervisor that connects people with extra rooms in their homes with other adults looking for a place to live.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Health officials say people can prevent rabies by keeping bats out of homes, vaccinating their pets and washing bites or scratches with soap and water before seeking medical help.
    Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Territories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/territories. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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