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states

noun as in condition or mode of being

noun as in dignity, grandeur

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noun as in government, country

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body politic

verb as in declare, assert

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Wine exports are down 30% this year, according to the California Wine Institute, while exports of distilled spirits to Canada have dropped 85% this year, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

From BBC

Such schemes are also used in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

From BBC

In 1877, Congress even passed a law prohibiting it, which says that “only the portrait of deceased individuals may occur on the United States currency and securities.”

From Salon

According to Miller, judicial rulings that thwarted the administration’s agenda were “an insurrection against the laws and Constitution of the United States.”

From Salon

More than nine out of 10 respondents said conflicts such as those in the Middle East and Ukraine, or the political turmoil in the United States, did not put them off travelling in general.

From BBC

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