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nations

noun

plural of nation

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a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789

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a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations

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Recent Examples of nations Officials in nations that have traditionally had strong economic links with Iran have not heard much from the US this week. — Yash Roy, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Trump has made no secret of his intent to halt the advancing influence by both adversary nations into not only Venezuela, but throughout the Western hemisphere. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Despite those signals, whether or not the catastrophe becomes a wake-up call for Himalayan nations with big infrastructure dreams remains an open question. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 That fuel system was later deployed to research reactors across more than thirty nations. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Iceland, which gained independence from Denmark in 1944, has a proud history of independence, of not allowing itself to be pushed around by bigger and richer European nations. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Take Tiff Macklem, head of the Bank of Canada, who took part in a photo op with Warsh despite the punishing tariffs their nations are imposing on each other. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Other nations have stepped in to play crucial mediating roles in this conflict, thus far to no avail. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

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Over the course of Exile, TV Rain’s studios as well as its various employees will be forced to move countries multiple times, everybody’s life and career atomized across the globe.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Another common argument is that single-payer systems are inherently inefficient, as evidenced ostensibly by long waits for treatment suffered by patients in single-payer countries such as Canada.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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Those trafficked away from Chile have two identities, names, and nationalities, creating legal complications.

— Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Vargas found that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had exceeded his authority by categorically stopping consular officers from issuing visas based on applicants’ nationalities.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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According to The New York Times, Meta and other tech companies, including YouTube, TikTok, and Snap, have thousands of cases open across multiple states that allege the platforms are addictive for children.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 2 Sep. 2026
But if the stay is lifted or overturned, USPS would require states to submit lists of mail ballot recipients and get approval for envelope and ballot designs with individualized barcodes.

— Peter Weber, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of states

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The church’s origins date to the arrival of Christian missionaries in Mombasa in 1844, and its membership has long represented a diverse cross section of Kenyan society, with members of various ethnicities and social strata.

— Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa, the big three of the three hundred–plus ethnicities that made up the national character, exerted their outsized influence in the shattering wave of military coups that preceded and followed the brutal civil war.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of ethnicities

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The honeypot sites of royal Rajasthan—spliced by the brown slopes of the Aravalli Range, the state emerged after Partition from a mosaic of 22 feudal kingdoms—are so many people’s taster to India.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
The empire did not expand further and eventually fragmented into smaller kingdoms.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of kingdoms

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Democrats focus on voters in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin — even Fort Worth — and their suburbs, particularly minorities.

— Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Recruitment policies that determine the racial and ethnic makeup of a police force can also significantly affect the relationships between the police and minorities.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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