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nationality

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


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A smaller 2026 crop, with rising demand for livestock feed in some of the most populous countries, including China and India, will put pressure on global corn prices, affecting everyone regardless of their nationality.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Years later on filings tied to the mansion plots on Billionaires’ Row, he listed his nationality as Cypriot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

To be eligible for asylum, a non-citizen had to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Tajikistan's President, Emomali Rakhmon, said at the time of the attack that "terrorists have no nationality".

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Germans were writing on the cars with blue chalk—the number of persons in each car, their rank, their nationality, the date on which they had been put aboard.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut