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sovereignty

[sov-rin-tee, suhv-] / ˈsɒv rɪn ti, ˈsʌv- /


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The company has sought to position itself as the cloud computing provider most compatible with European tech sovereignty concerns.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Proponents of the idea say it would allow the Lebanese state to preserve its sovereignty and build legitimacy by doing the work itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Mexico is investigating whether the United States violated its sovereignty after the FBI this month exhibited the plane used to transport Zambada.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has urged member states to "pull their weight" and ensure Ukraine gets what it needs "to defend its sovereignty".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Legalistic debates over federal versus state sovereignty were just the most accessible handles to grab, the safest and most politically suitable ways to talk about alternative national visions.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"Lines on maps started to symbolize the limits of political sovereignties rather than the boundless divine promises. This transformed the way that the Bible's descriptions of geographical space were understood."

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2025

But a terrorist organization is by definition a nongovernmental entity that operates along the creases of national sovereignties and international law.

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2020

All the most recent states — South Sudan, East Timor, Eritrea — were carved from existing sovereignties in the wake of bitter civil wars.

From New York Times Aug. 11, 2015

The new digital sovereignties have begun to clash with conventional nation-states.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2012

The greater one, however, of there being no tribunal to administer justice between the federal and State sovereignties, remains.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.




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