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

Class members would then be notified ahead of a final settlement hearing.

— Ilana Arougheti July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
However, this infrastructure requires a reference-data and settlement layer that can keep pace with markets that no longer pause.

— Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of settlement

Noun

Why Vendor Dependencies Are An Increasing Risk As enterprises layer more services, integrations and automation into their environments, vendor dependencies, including in AI, become both a necessity and a liability.

— Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Several Gulf states want to expand pipeline capacity to reduce their dependency on Hormuz.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Definition of dependency

Noun

Filtering mandate went too far The famously conservative 5th Circuit appeals court has upheld several Texas laws imposing obligations on websites and online platforms.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
The recycling effort comes as California mandates retailers offer a responsible way for worn textiles to be repurposed, instead of tossed into the trash.

— Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 27 July 2026

Definition of mandate

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Direct democracy in Missouri Over in Missouri, voters are seeing an entirely different Republican message on democracy.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
To some lawmakers and analysts, the episode demonstrated that democracy and accountability are alive in Ukraine despite martial law and the suspension of elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of democracy

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Yanbu is located on the Red Sea and Jazan province has a coastline on the same sea.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The vessel departed Tanjung Unauna regency on Friday morning bound for Marisa Port in the neighboring Gorontalo province but failed to arrive as scheduled, said Heriyanto, Head of the Gorontalo Province Search and Rescue Office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of province

Noun

Tszyu has never lost on home soil, and this is his middleweight debut in front of a Sydney crowd.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
His extradition shortly after leaving office marked a rare chance at justice for Hondurans, who feared his hold on the country's justice system would never allow a conviction on Honduran soil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026

Definition of soil

Noun

Military service has long been at the heart of Britain's royal family, with the sovereign serving as the ceremonial head of the Armed Forces.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 22 July 2026
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

Definition of sovereign

Noun

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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