as in habitat
the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found
that plant's territory extends from Georgia all the way north to Maine
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On Thursday, Greenland’s outgoing prime minister sharply rejected Trump’s call that his country — which is a territory of Denmark — become U.S. property.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Stock markets took another hit on Thursday, with several key benchmarks slipping into correction territory — a sign that Wall Street may be losing momentum in the early days of the second Trump administration.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Japan represents one of Prime Video’s most valuable territories, offering a large marketplace business with 72 add-on subscriptions and nearly 300,000 titles available for transactional video on demand (TVOD).
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
The smaller and mid cap indices are also in correction territory.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Stock markets took another hit on Thursday, with several key benchmarks slipping into correction territory — a sign that Wall Street may be losing momentum in the early days of the second Trump administration.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Japan represents one of Prime Video’s most valuable territories, offering a large marketplace business with 72 add-on subscriptions and nearly 300,000 titles available for transactional video on demand (TVOD).
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
The smaller and mid cap indices are also in correction territory.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Territory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/territory. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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