How to Use subnational in a Sentence

subnational

adjective
  • Nigeria teaches four lessons about sovereign states and subnational polities that diverge from the more-conventional models.
    John Campbell, Quartz Africa, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Luckily for the Gigaton Challenge, Emergent already acts as a middleman between the countries or subnational jurisdictions that sell offsets and the companies that want to buy them.
    Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Pressure from subnational governments can spur national actors to enact plans for getting away from coal quickly, which is what researchers emphasize is most essential at this point.
    Camille Squires, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2021
  • In some cases, though, subnational gaps have narrowed substantially.
    Amanda Montañez, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
  • One goal of attending is to emphasize the role that subnational governments, like states and provinces, can play in advancing climate policy, said Lauren Sanchez, Newsom’s senior adviser for climate.
    Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 29 Oct. 2021
  • China differs from the countries and subnational regions that have implemented emissions trading in that its political system begets corruption.
    Jordan McGillis, National Review, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The multilateral method of the 2020s must operate across a variety of public and private networks: regional, subnational, national, transnational, and global.
    Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Both Taiwan and China have a history of engaging with subnational players, although there has been no suggestion from political players that Taipei has influenced the call for an independence referendum.
    Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020
  • National and subnational governments (regions, cities, etc.) can package their renewable energy and climate resilience plans into credits to be bought by major corporations.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • European Jewish communities were run as corporate subnational entities before their liberation in the wake of the Enlightenment.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2011
  • To prevent another devastating loss of lives and livelihoods, Guinea coordinated substantial improvements to its health security at national and subnational levels.
    Precious Matsoso, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • And fifth, coordinate with national, subnational, and private enterprises.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • Chair Lewis has over 25 years of leadership experience in international affairs, legal, public policy, business and regulatory affairs, and subnational diplomacy.
    Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022

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