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

The five-member Board of Supervisors is charged with approving settlements with the families of people who die or are injured in county jails.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Key to the settlement was the notion that detainees who work voluntarily in immigration detention facilities are employees.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of settlement

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Model debt arises from dependencies in integrations, prompts, data pipelines and workflows, which reduce agility, slow down change and increase costs.

— Signe Jancis, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Their project infrastructure and financing are designed around lifecycles as long as 20–30 years, and their operational ecosystem includes dependencies on supply chains for parts covered under warranty.

— Amit Chaturvedy, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Definition of dependency

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The rings were found with human bones during an ongoing dig at the Don Yai Thong archaeological site in Phetchaburi province last week, the Thai government’s Fine Arts Department said in a statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
The current death toll makes the blaze Spain’s deadliest wildfire since 2005, when 11 firefighters were killed in the central province of Guadalajara after a fire was sparked by a barbecue, Reuters reported.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of province

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Alford also commented on the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the long-standing interpretation that anyone born on American soil is an American citizen.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
German rockets launching from Canadian soil may be a bridge to that until Canadian companies can develop their own boosters.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

Definition of soil

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The centuries-old ceremony sees the sovereign symbolically accept the keys to the city of Edinburgh and immediately return them for safekeeping.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
This has seen both sovereigns and corporates raising billions of dollars in conventional bonds and sukuk over recent months.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Definition of sovereign

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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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