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Recent Examples of client state
Russia occupies around 20% of Georgia via local separatist client states, a situation cemented by Moscow's victory in the 2008 Russo-Georgian war.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The hunter education marketplace remains lucrative because once a vendor acquires a client state agency, their customers come along essentially for free.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024
In other words, Britain is a client state, albeit a senior one, with certain privileges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
By turning Abiy’s Ethiopia into a client state, however, the UAE has helped feed the prime minister’s worst instincts.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
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David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The hunter education marketplace remains lucrative because once a vendor acquires a client state agency, their customers come along essentially for free.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024
In other words, Britain is a client state, albeit a senior one, with certain privileges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
By turning Abiy’s Ethiopia into a client state, however, the UAE has helped feed the prime minister’s worst instincts.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for client state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for client state
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Yes, but: A city attorney earlier this month told the council that Cantrell believes the city can't afford to pay the lawsuit settlement and wants to renegotiate, reports The Times-Picayune.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The county also has paid tens of millions of dollars in legal settlements to the families of people who died in jail and to other people like Greer who suffered life-altering injuries while in custody.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.—
Lloyd Axworthy,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2024
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Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.—
Michael M. Phillips,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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In her column this week, Jenn Harris crawls the San Gabriel Valley for her favorite versions of rou jia mo, a dish from the Shaanxi province in China often called a Chinese hamburger.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The federal government has vowed retaliatory tariffs and provinces have ordered U.S. booze removed from liquor store shelves, meaning millions of Canadians would have to drown their sorrows with rye instead of bourbon.—
Stephen Maher,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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The metropolitan area straddles Arkansas – which had a school vaccine mandate in place – and Texas, which didn't.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Charlotte Ledger newsletter first wrote about Belk’s return-to-office mandate.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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But the deeper transformation of supply chains that policymakers envisioned — rebuilding domestic manufacturing capacity and reducing dependencies on China — remains largely unrealized.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
8 Feb. 2025
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In interviews, several recognized the need to streamline its bureaucracy, and even questioned an aid system that relies so heavily on American contractors and fosters a damaging culture of dependency among African governments.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Leaders were left stunned Friday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance used his speech at Munich Security Conference to launch an attack on European democracy, provoking strong rebuttals from the region.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the late 1990s, Nigeria’s rulers began promoting domestic industry as the country transitioned from years of military rule into a democracy.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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This step-by-step guide explains how to propagate hoya plants by rooting cuttings in water or layering in soil.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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Rent a small car or Vespa to zip around the narrow roads, discovering vineyards with volcanic soil, prehistoric villages, and underwater caves along the way.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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When Johnson Sirleaf came to power, in 2006, Liberia had been wracked by more than a decade of civil war, a military dictatorship, and chronic poverty.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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If allowed to proceed, Trump's purge of our federal law enforcement workforce will expose America to authoritarianism and dictatorship.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Client state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20state. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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