sphere
Example Sentences
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Nader Nadery, who served as one of the deposed Afghan republic’s senior negotiators with the Taliban, pointed out that Stalin’s Soviet Union, far from abandoning global ambitions, expanded its sphere of influence around the world after the 1920s.
It’s similar to what he’s been doing, but he believes that in the private sphere, “I can do it often a little bit more nimbly and entrepreneurially, and I’m looking forward to that.”
From Los Angeles Times
The UK government said Wednesday it is "fully committed" to upholding free speech, after the US slapped visa bans on five prominent Europeans working in the tech sphere, including two Britons.
From Barron's
"The Big Five has already penetrated the political sphere and there are documented cases of high-profile connections in the political arena," the policeman alleged.
From BBC
They read popular almanacs, and learned and admired the intricacies of orreries—mechanical models of the celestial sphere—that they flocked to view at numerous colleges.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.