accession
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The Chinese share of U.S. imports has now fallen below where it stood before Beijing’s WTO accession 25 years ago.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Lai had planned to visit Eswatini from April 22 to 26 for the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III's accession and his 58th birthday.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
"The end of Hungarian obstruction to Ukraine's accession does not mean it will accelerate," summed up Sebastien Maillard from the Jacques Delors think tank.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
By the accession of Leopold II in 1790, an empire based on a “feudal hierarchy of status” found itself in the age of Romantic nationalism, democracy and “enlightened ridicule.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The accession of fortune, the discovery of my relations, followed in due order.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing accession
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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