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sovereign

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




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It states have "the undeniable sovereign right" to establish their own immigration policies and remove foreign nationals in the public interest.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It holds $285 billion in foreign reserves and nearly $2 trillion in sovereign wealth funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

And then, not long afterwards, the King will arrive in Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament, in which the sovereign reads out the government's planned new laws for the year and a bit ahead.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

"Christian Schmidt helped establish the institutions for a sovereign Bosnia," she said Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Jefferson had also shared with Madison his intriguingly utopian suggestion that each generation was sovereign, so that the laws made for one generation should expire after about twenty years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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