TRUST TERRITORIES Synonyms: 50 Similar Words

trust territories

noun

plural of trust territory

as in monocracies

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Stricter regulatory mandates, the arrival of digital product passports and a mounting waste crisis are converging to force brands and manufacturers to adapt.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
State law mandates that voters must register at least 15 days before an election.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of mandates

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According to industry analysts, overall sourcing throughput has hit record levels while diversifying rapidly away from single-source dependencies.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Such an arrangement would make targeting data and communications important dependencies.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dependencies

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Her lawsuit alleges the department bypassed public hearings required by Proposition 103, and instead negotiated settlements with insurers seeking increases in auto and home premiums.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Kelly’s fellow anchor at the time, Gretchen Carlson, accused Ailes of a similar pattern of behavior the same year, leading to an internal investigation that resulted in Ailes’ resignation and settlements with multiple women.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of settlements

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Several polls suggest the party’s remaining support is increasingly concentrated in smaller towns and rural provinces as opposition parties make deeper inroads in the biggest cities that drive Africa’s largest economy.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
In the weeks following Putin’s partial mobilization, Zvyagintsev had got a call from an acquaintance, a successful businessman in the Russian provinces.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of provinces

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Only three African sovereigns hold investment grade ratings, according to a background note from the AU’s African Peer Review Mechanism (ARPM).

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Any harm was downstream, but the river was part of an interstate system governed by a compact between sovereigns.

— Gale Norton, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sovereigns

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After a full day of searching, authorities found freshly disturbed soil in the woods not far from the home of the boy’s grandfather.

— Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Subsidence has erased 6 feet of soil since 1924 at a University of Florida agricultural research station near Belle Glade.

— Nicolas Rivero, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of soil

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The clause was originally created by the British as a temporary measure to prevent legal vacuums as ex-colonies transitioned to independence, but some ex-colonies including Trinidad and Tobago continue to implement them.

— Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Most of these member states were once colonies in the British empire.

— Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026

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