European Community
Example Sentences
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Under its new leader, what was then the European Community faced enormous challenges including the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and war in the former Yugoslavia.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
He extracted concessions from Japan regarding American semiconductors, from South Korea in letting American insurance companies compete for business, and the European Community on U.S. agricultural products.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021
After Britain joined the European Community in 1973, its farmers received subsidies that rewarded production and – when that led to wasteful surpluses – simply for holding farmland.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2020
In 1975, and like a large majority of Britons, Fagg voted “Yes” in a referendum that asked whether Britain should stay in the European Community, the EU’s predecessor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020
I was aware that the European Community and the States were inclined to relax sanctions based on Mr. de Klerk’s reforms.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
