How to Use territory in a Sentence

territory

noun
  • Male cats spray to mark territory.
  • The goal of the expedition is to map unexplored territory.
  • The birds are busy establishing territories and building nests.
  • Guam is a U.S. territory.
  • Those mountains are in Mexican territory.
  • That threat was quelled with a popout in foul territory.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The show will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In the remaining eighty-two per cent of the territory, Israel is in charge.
    Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Nor does the foam have the same acoustic properties for drumming—a way for the birds to mark territory.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2023
  • So don't freak out as long as your child is within safe and moral territory.
    Kristen Mei Chase, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The Palestinians want that territory, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, for their future state.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • At least 20% of the Amazon territory has been burned away, chopped down or submerged by dams.
    Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But that’s just two states, which leaves a lot of open territory ripe for exploration.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • Just stick to one slice for breakfast or else this pick will inch out of low-calorie territory.
    Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of having the ball in Jacksonville territory late in the first half, the Dolphins allowed the Jaguars to move into field-goal range.
    Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The yacht’s final voyage abroad was to Hong Kong, when the territory was handed back to China in 1997.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The deaths brought the number of Palestinians killed in the territory since the start of the year to more than 40 — the deadliest start to a year for Palestinians in the West Bank in the past decade and a half.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • For more than a quarter-mile, both sides of the multilane street were AfD territory.
    Ali Breland, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
  • That amount would increase to 5% if that territory becomes part of the city limits.
    Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Cleaning up the little details comes with the territory when your QB spent the previous nine months on the other side of the ball.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • This connects to one of the thorniest questions: that of territory.
    Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And Thursday's raid was the deadliest single raid in the territory in over two decades.
    Josef Federman and Isabel Debre, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The index has been in negative territory for 12 months in a row.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • After Israel closed its lone border crossing with Gaza, the passage at Rafah stood as the last route out of the territory.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In 2007, Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and seized the territory after a bloody week of street fighting.
    Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Each bird was given a set territory, within which it was allowed to rest, move, or sing.
    Bymolly Magid, science.org, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe last year, each team was trying to mark their territory and not every check got finished.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
  • The Colts have just 1 offensive touchdown despite spending most of the game in Vikings territory.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Houthi leaders have vowed to continue attacks until Israel ends its campaign in Gaza and withdraws from the territory.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Standing on their decades of experience and mutual respect for one another in their respective and cross-over lanes, both hosts set out to expand their territory with intent.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 19 Nov. 2024

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