TRUST TERRITORY Synonyms: 49 Similar Words

trust territory

noun

Definition of trust territory

as in settlement

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Recent Examples of trust territory The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon. — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories. — Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024 Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty. — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022

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Noun

When the 2025 House settlement limited rosters to 105 players instead of effectively unlimited, coaches were less willing to go all out in practice and risk injuries.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The settlement also required independent evidence to corroborate any match.

— Edward Longe, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of settlement

Noun

Its removable battery eliminates a major dependency on external power.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China is going all out for tech self-sufficiency precisely to escape the kind of dependencies that Huang envisages.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of dependency

Noun

This final aspect represents democracy's functional correction mechanism, which the midterm results demonstrated in ample measure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Tellingly, with some honorable exceptions, élite celebrities have been circumspect about the trashing of democracy in the MAGA era.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of democracy

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Tianwen-3 appears on track getting the trek underway around 2028 on two Long March-5 heavy-lift carrier rockets from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China's southernmost island province of Hainan.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Twenty months of liquor retaliation between the United States and Canada have cost distillers in both countries, cost provinces revenue and narrowed what people on both sides of the border can pour.

— Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of province

Noun

Kyiv has claimed responsibility for some attacks on Russian soil.

— Harriet Morris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
The design of the bracing needs to take into account the kind of soil in the area, as well as the weight of the neighboring building and that building’s foundation.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of soil

Noun

In this photo, Elizabeth also held the sovereign’s orb, also dating back to the coronation of Charles II.

— Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 3 Nov. 2026
Unlike the British throne, in fact, the leadership of the Commonwealth is not automatically passed from a sovereign to their heir.

— Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sovereign

Noun

George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power.

— Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

Definition of sea power

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