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
Noun
  • Christian then lays out the finale’s mandates, which, just like last season, are dramatically slashed down from what Project Runway used to be.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The report released by the NBA’s investigators at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz portrays Ballmer and the team as treating the league’s salary cap rules not as strict mandates, but as obstacles to be evaded, like traffic cones.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of mandates
Noun
  • But political will in Washington to reduce dependencies on China in the power stack is rising, Iyer added.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This is where choices about models, vendors or agents can become dependencies, shaping business outcomes long after whoever chose them has moved on.
    — Atul Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of dependencies
Noun
  • This exact gap is what can draw the lawsuits and settlements.
    — Lesa Seibert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • While new legislation goes further than the settlements, some countries have passed stricter restrictions on social media.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of settlements
Noun
  • Three main provinces—Castellón, Valencia, and Alicante—each have a distinct identity that helps define the region.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Quickly identifying and tracing the contacts of those who had come in contact with Ebola patients remains challenging across the six provinces affected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of provinces
Noun
  • Now your benevolence and friendship offers us beautiful Europe and great America as fatherlands.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of fatherlands
Noun
  • On 28 July, Moody’s changed its MENA outlook from stable to negative, noting that the impairment of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will weigh on the growth of Gulf sovereigns, as well as their fiscal and external positions.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of sovereigns
Noun
  • The vigils, which drew tens of thousands of people a year, were the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the Tiananmen crackdown, discussion of which is heavily censored in mainland China.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In the panicked days after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, New Yorkers agreed that their city had changed forever.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Chilean and international researchers surveying the country's major breeding colonies in 2024 and 2025 found a 63% drop in active nests compared to the same sites three years earlier.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The German influence is still clear today in the colonies’ shops, restaurants, and celebrations.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of colonies
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