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 Hasegawa pointed to Japanese titles placing high at the box office in various territories and on global streaming charts. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026 Under federal law, states and territories are not able to enact permanent daylight saving time. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile in Adidas’ emerging territories category, some of which are in the Middle East and operating during conflict, sales grew 15 percent. — Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 Paradoxically, the maps that Africans helped construct were later used to divide their territories into European colonies. — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 The environmental review process under the California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, is one of the primary ways that tribes have a say over how the state and local governments develop land within their ancestral territories. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 So far, he's hit 100 unique countries and territories around the world. — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026 Banijay Entertainment operates across 25 territories and delivers an average of 19,000 hours of content and 3,000 live events globally each year. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 The territories at various times have been part of the Russian and Ottoman empires, medieval Kievan Rus’ and earlier civilizations. — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for territories
Noun
  • The sites selected for the projects—one in Cook Inlet, Alaska, and one in the Gulf of Maine—are smack in the middle of two endangered whale populations’ habitats.
    — Ryan Green, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Many rural communities rely on diesel for electricity and to heat their homes.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Early microwave ovens were large and expensive, but later designs brought the technology into homes and commercial kitchens.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Territories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/territories. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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