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territory

[ter-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈtɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Tensions flared at the June 16 Water & Sewer District meeting over the Territory 1889 project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

Appeared in the June 29, 2026, print edition as 'Debt Binge Drives Stocks Into Risky Territory'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Wearing a red feather headdress, Bepdjo told AFP of rising tensions with intruders in the Bau Indigenous Territory in Para state, four years after his people expelled almost 200 prospectors.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

"I will not be a minister who abandons yet another generation of Territory kids," Cahill said when the details of the review were announced.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country and opening up vast new lands that will fuel the debate over the future of slavery in America.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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