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national

[nash-uh-nl, nash-nuhl] / ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəl /


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He also said the national emergency fire alert issued by the UK government to people's mobile phones in England and Wales on Friday was "absolutely necessary".

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

One in four Maysville residents is living below the poverty line, and the median household income is about $39,000—less than half the national figure and nearly 40% below the state’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Serbian authorities said late Friday they were battling 25 serious forest fires, including one which has devastated 25 square kilometres of land at the Deliblatska national park near Belgrade.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The interview offered an unusually personal look at an official better known for managing an increasingly complicated portfolio of international crises and national security issues.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

I recognized him from Pickwick’s, someone high in the national Resistance.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Representatives of 15 member states joined this one-day meeting to discuss processes to send back Afghan nationals who had no legal right to remain in the EU.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Two Palestinian families were trapped inside their homes along with five Italian nationals who were visiting one of them, according to two people besieged there who spoke to The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Those arrested include 309 Chinese nationals, 19 Indonesians, three Malaysians and four Myanmar nationals.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Li initially marketed his product to Chinese nationals and Hong Kong’s roughly seven million people, and later expanded under the brand Moomoo to the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The other two were nationals, one with tribal marks on his cheeks, the other with marks on his hands just like the one my grandfather gave me to protect me from snakebite.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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