trust territories

noun

plural of trust territory
as in monocracies

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  1. mandates
  2. dependencies
  3. settlements
  4. provinces
  5. fatherlands
  6. sovereigns
  7. soil
  8. colonies
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  • Although sustainable aviation fuel is very small segment of the market, European mandates may drive airlines to seek out reliable sources in the near future.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But the backlash against pandemic responses, including vaccine mandates, led to the vaccines and mRNA technology being vilified by some and becoming the focus of widespread misinformation.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of mandates
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  • Telemetry becomes more than a record of events and turns into a map of dependencies, conditions and consequences.
    — Kannan Kothandaraman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of dependencies
Noun
  • The city paid an average of about $5,000 per victim for 172 death settlements.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Zernicke says this combination can turn potentially multi-million dollar incidents into smaller, quickly resolved settlements.
    — Sentry Insurance, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of settlements
Noun
  • Ports and airports halt operations Rain and strong winds are expected to affect eastern China through August 12, including parts of Shanghai and neighbouring provinces.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Despite its conservative theological stances, the ACK has been among the African Anglican provinces to expand women’s leadership.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of provinces
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  • Now your benevolence and friendship offers us beautiful Europe and great America as fatherlands.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of fatherlands
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  • As one of the big three ratings agencies, alongside Fitch and Moody’s, S&P Global plays a crucial role in determining whether African sovereigns and businesses can secure capital from international financial markets.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • Some sovereigns have succeeded in extracting millions of dollars in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing false tax forms.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 July 2026
Definition of sovereigns
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  • Officials said deep peat soil, limited water supplies, difficult access and strong winds have complicated efforts, even with three helicopters conducting aerial firefighting operations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Two weeks ago, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a multibillion-dollar deal allowing US companies to build and operate nuclear power plants on Saudi soil over the next 30 years.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • These pristine epicenters of biodiversity are teeming with life, from thriving coral reefs to sharks and seabird colonies.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Urquharts first visited these colonies in 1976, and National Geographic published a cover story on their breakthrough.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of colonies
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