territories

NOUN

domain, region

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area colony country district enclave field land nation neighborhood province sector state street terrain zone

STRONG

belt block boundary commonwealth dominion empire expanse extent mandate quarter section sphere township tract turf walk

WEAK

exclave neck of the woods stomping grounds terrene

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky

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territories

The resulting atlas revealed 539 chemically distinct territories, which the researchers named "lipizones."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

And this summer, Meta struck a high-profile $18bn settlement with 48 US states, plus the District of Columbia and three US territories.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

For our family of six, there are always two baskets, dividing the table into loose territories.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Among possible laureates this year are a joint prize to Save the Children and Mykola Kuleba, a Ukrainian children's rights activist campaigning for the return of Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia from occupied territories.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

As winter settled in, the German radio blared out urgent appeals for Winter Help, a program to aid the soldiers and German families living in German-occupied territories.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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