secede

Example Sentences

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It’s not that Greenlanders don’t want to secede from Denmark—they just don’t want to become a U.S. state in turn.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2025

For more than 100 years, residents fought to keep it that way, once threatening to secede from California if addresses were imposed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024

He was a leader of the Freedom County movement that sought to secede from Snohomish County in the late 1990s.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2024

Sikh Americans have wide-ranging opinions on whether Sikhs should secede from India.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

They want to be able to secede but they don’t want anyone to want them to.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck