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sovereign

[sov-rin, sov-er-in, suhv-] / ˈsɒv rɪn, ˈsɒv ər ɪn, ˈsʌv- /




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One Saudi source told us that the speculation could be linked to the publication on Thursday of a new four-year strategy for the country's sovereign wealth fund PIF, which bankrolls LIV.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Equity prices declined, sovereign bond yields rose, oil prices surged, and volatility increased across asset classes.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

In March, S&P Global Ratings downgraded the country's long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings, citing "structural weakness in global diamond demand."

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

“For a long time, I believed in an ideal, a national, sovereign, civic Hungary,” he wrote in a Facebook post.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Hobbes’s point is not that expertise is whatever the sovereign says it is; it is that non-experts can be competent to select experts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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