nation-state
Example Sentences
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The notion that the nation-state is outdated, and could therefore be replaced with blockchain technology, is one of the reasons h e decided to run to become Liberland's prime minister.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The terminology we use to talk about “countries” has been naturalized over centuries by the dominance of the form of the nation-state on the global political scene.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
And that’s the kind of capability that nation-state hackers like Midnight Blizzard rely on for their attacks to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The author takes aim at the nation-state system, which he contrasts with the glories of past empires, mainly Asian, and the promise of what he calls “humanity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
What I knew of Orgoreyn indicated that it had become, over the last five or six centuries, an increasingly mobilizable society, a real nation-state.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
