sovereignty
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Sovereignty and openness aren’t opposites; they lie on a continuum.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Sovereignty here doesn’t mean access to powerful tools or building applications on top of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
“This is a treaty violation. Treaties are not optional. Sovereignty is not conditional. Our citizens are not negotiable,” he said.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
"Sovereignty is also a critical issue," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
On the all-important question of sovereignty, the same artfully contrived ambiguity also obtained: Sovereignty did not reside with the federal government or the individual states; it resided with “the people.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing sovereignty
The American Civil War
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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Human Geography - Middle School
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