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nation-state

[nay-shuhn-stayt] / ˈneɪ ʃənˌsteɪt /


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The former cyber investigator is in a group chat with current agents who are worried their personal information could soon be freely available online to criminals and hostile nation-state hackers.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

So is artificial intelligence: The industry’s enormous appetite for debt puts it in competition with traditional nation-state borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Besides concerns about fiscal conditions and inflation, a key thing pushing up yields is the AI industry’s huge appetite for debt, which puts it in competition with traditional nation-state borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The notion that the nation-state is outdated, and could therefore be replaced with blockchain technology, is one of the reasons h e decided to run to become Liberland's prime minister.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

What I knew of Orgoreyn indicated that it had become, over the last five or six centuries, an increasingly mobilizable society, a real nation-state.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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