How to Use protectorate in a Sentence

protectorate

noun
Definition of protectoratenext
Synonyms for protectoratenext
  • Nearly half of the countries in Africa were at one time French colonies or protectorates.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The al-Thani family was in charge of parts of Qatar since the 1800s and increased its power while the area was a British protectorate.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • France has deep ties to Lebanon, a former protectorate.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2018
  • In the era just before she was born, Egypt was no longer a protectorate of Britain, but British influence was still high.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • There were the vendors with their pyramids of baguettes (like coffee, residue from the country’s years as a French protectorate).
    — Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2018
  • At the time, Tunisia was a French protectorate with a thriving economy.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The problem is, is what NATO has turned into is a protectorate.
    — Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • Damiba’s failure to stop the militant groups had led to anger in the ranks of the armed forces in the former French protectorate. Supporters of Capt.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In the 1970s, fueled by oil revenue and its Western ties as a former British protectorate, Kuwait was a leader in the Arab world on many fronts.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Before then, Qatar had been a British protectorate mostly known for pearl diving, fishing, and a Bedouin way of life.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2022
  • In accordance with the rules of the protectorate, Mohammed was obliged to affix his signature on them.
    — Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The countries have close ties since Morocco was a French protectorate until 1956 and three of its players, as well as its coach, were born in France.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • In the 19th century, a place as desperate as Haiti might have become a U.S. protectorate to restore order and some rule of law.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
  • But Macron said France wouldn't impose sanctions on anyone in its former protectorate — for now.
    — Angela Charlton, Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The United Nations is too often a protectorate for dictators—see its failure to do much against Russia’s war on Ukraine.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • This simple tableau captures the shifting fortunes of the tiny Dutch protectorate that gained its independence just seven years ago.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Pretenders claiming to represent the duwailat, or principalities, that made up the British protectorate of Aden are dusting off old flags.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • In the United States dengue is found only in Puerto Rico and a few other offshore territories and protectorates.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Lebanon, a former French protectorate, is mired in the country's worst economic crisis in its modern history.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Macron, who went to Beirut twice since the explosion at the port, has led international efforts to try to help the former French protectorate by providing emergency aid.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The American tax payer, the American deplorables have been expected now for decades to act as a protector for these protectorates in Europe.
    — Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • Lebanon is a former French protectorate and the countries retain close political and economic ties.
    — Fox News, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The Italian version effectively made Ethiopia Italy’s protectorate, in contrast to the Amharic version.
    — Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Quartz Africa, 2 Mar. 2020
  • France controlled Morocco as a protectorate for more than four decades until the country’s independence in 1956.
    — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Spanish administrators of the protectorate’s most successful soccer club decided to hold on to that, too.
    — James Montague Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • His Monday night arrival in the Lebanese capital marked his second visit in the space of weeks and coincided with the 100th anniversary of the country’s formation as a French colonial protectorate.
    — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Without the struggle most of the money goes away and the Palestinians, whether as a state or a protectorate, are left being an impoverished, raucous backwater with little future.
    — WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The oil was discovered in the 1950s, when the seven former British protectorates that now make up the Emirates were inhabited mainly by nomadic Bedouin tribes and the economy ran on fishing, date farming and camel herding.
    — Ann M. Simmons, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • The oil was discovered in the 1950s, when the seven former British protectorates that now make up the Emirates were inhabited mainly by nomadic Bedouin tribes and the economy ran on fishing, date-farming and camel-herding.
    — Ann M. Simmons, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
  • Dengue is found only in Puerto Rico and a few other U.S. offshore territories and protectorates.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019

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