client state

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Recent Examples of client state Assad’s flight to Moscow following the swift collapse of his regime means more than just the loss of a client state for the Kremlin. Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024 In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech. Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025 But Assad’s fall (and Russia’s indifference to the collapse of his regime) suggests that concern for Syria or any other client state has been subjugated by Putin to his overriding focus on dealing Ukraine a decisive defeat. Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024 The Kremlin will fight to retain influence in Syria but the loss of its client state deals another blow to Putin. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for client state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for client state
Noun
  • The news of Ventura’s settlement with InterContinental came as a shock to the courtroom, with many people in the overflow room audibly gasping and wondering why the prosecution did not introduce the settlement in their initial questioning.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 May 2025
  • The company also reached settlements with at least 20 other states.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
    Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles from one of its eastern coastal provinces on Thursday as its state media reported the ship launch failure, South Korean defense officials said.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • What To Know The MCA, the sixth joint maritime activity between the United States and the Philippines and the second this year, took place off the country's western provinces of Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine military said in a statement.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • In fact, Moody’s was quite clear that Maryland’s future unfunded mandates were the main cause.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
  • Modernisation and the government mandate for all-seater stadia in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 have led to a significant reduction in capacity.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The unit is eco-friendly and energy-efficient, helping to reduce both power usage and chemical dependency.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • The dependency problem arises in any group with falling population, regardless of government programs.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • So this is certainly not helping Jews to basically dismantle democracy and defund universities.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025
  • At a time when federal courts are acting as the protectors of our democracy, this is a necessary step toward bolstering confidence, faith and independence to our nation's highest court.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Source: University of Manchester Graphic: Renée Rigdon, CNN Aspergillus fungi grow like small filaments in soils all over the world.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • Herbicides can harm the important beneficial microorganisms that make your soil a healthy environment for plants’ roots.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • For instance, during Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, the head of intelligence, Johnny Abbes, was plucked from obscurity in Mexico and in 1958 began to lead the dictator’s repression machine.
    Erica Frantz, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
  • In the Soviet dictatorship, this was meant literally: engineers and senior managers in charge of color film production would be denounced, arrested, and executed during the Great Purges of 1937–1838.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025

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“Client state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20state. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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