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state

[steyt] / steɪt /






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Their visit has already drawn criticism, with Victoria state opposition leader Jess Wilson condemning the use of taxpayers' money to provide protection for the pair.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Although many of the plans still require approval from state utility regulators, the news could be ominous for consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Another information channel, which DHS used to fund, will still operate but will be available only to state and local election offices, not the federal government.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

In 2021, when Talon won his second and last term permitted under the constitution, he kept Wadagni at the finance ministry, promoting him to minister of state.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Last year, during a geography lesson, he’d had to fill in the state names on a blank map of the United States and he couldn’t even do that.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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