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trust territory

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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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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

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Nicole Bottiglierivega Miami-Dade Corrections Nicole Bottiglierivega, 42, faces charges of third-degree grand theft, contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child, criminal mischief, and resisting an officer without violence.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
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

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The swelling majorities, with some races still too early to call, underlined a deep sense of voter anger and concern over the economy and the state of democracy.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Hong Kong — Joshua Wong, once a teenage figurehead of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, faces the prospect of entering middle age in prison, after a court Thursday meted out a 10-year sentence over a second national security conviction.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

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The new deployments include troops from marine and navy units as well as training centers and naval bases from Java and Lampung province.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
On November 2, robot dogs – and other kinds of machines built for locomotion of some kind – took part in the very first World Robot Mount Taishan Climbing Competition in Tai'an, in China's Shandong province.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026

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Cooks in the Farm-to-Fork capital can choose between organic turkeys, heritage breeds with more dark meat and complex flavors, and poultry raised using regenerative agricultural practices which protect soil health.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Florida began establishing soil and water conservation districts as far back as the 1930s, charging them with carrying out local programs to conserve and protect soil, water and land for agricultural purposes.

— Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

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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
The Crown Estate is an independent company established by Parliament to manage a vast portfolio of properties throughout the United Kingdom that is nominally owned by the sovereign during his lifetime but is operated for the benefit of taxpayers.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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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

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