accession
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James’s accession to the Scottish throne was the first Protestant coronation in Scotland’s history.
Demonstrators against the Georgian government's suspension of its European Union accession bid have complained of other symptoms too - shortness of breath, coughing, and vomiting that lasted for weeks.
From BBC
The plan says that there would be no prohibition against Ukraine joining the EU, a multiyear accession process Kyiv has begun.
The subsequent engagement was “striking,” says Frank, who explains that the large accession of daily menswear fashion helped expand the typical notion of Whitten’s brilliance being limited to costume design.
From Los Angeles Times
Its accession means South East Asia is now geographically completely represented in Asean, and the tiny country of 1.4 million hopes that integrating its economy with the rest of the region will boost development.
From BBC
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