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nationality

[nash-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌnæʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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People increasingly spent time with colleagues who shared their language or nationality.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Idowu argues that performers should not be pressured into taking political positions simply because of their nationality.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Some 8,500 ships sail the seas with Panama’s flag, and China’s targeted inspections could prompt more shipowners to look for a different nationality to sail under.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Nicaraguans “live in a state of terror,” said Dora María Tellez, a prominent Ortega critic who was imprisoned for nearly two years before she was stripped of her nationality and forced into exile in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Germany required all civilians to legally register and carry documentation that contained our name, photograph, nationality, race, birth, and family details.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

While most of Gibraltar's cross-border workers are Spanish, dozens of nationalities also make the regular journey, including some 1,600 Britons attracted by the lower cost of housing in Spain.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

For decades Auroville held fast to its lofty ideals as a self-governing haven for yoga enthusiasts and seekers of spiritual freedom of "all creeds and nationalities".

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The International Maritime Organisation said 14 sailors with a range of nationalities had died in strikes on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and elsewhere in the Middle East.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The divergent societies the two ships bequeathed would foster what Mr. Reynolds maintains were in effect two competing nationalities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Germany’s chief ally was Austria-Hungary, an unwieldy empire of several major religions and numerous languages and nationalities, including large numbers of Serbs who wanted to break away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and declare their independence.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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