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Recent Examples of annexation
This land is classified as an annexation, which will take the land and incorporate it into city’s territory through legal acquisition.
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Crimean Recognition As well as banning NATO membership for Ukraine, Washington's proposals include recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the war largely along existing battle lines.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The city will need to approve the annexation at an upcoming meeting.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
His use of the term appeasement echoed the criticism of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who conceded Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 before World War II.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Crimean Recognition As well as banning NATO membership for Ukraine, Washington's proposals include recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the war largely along existing battle lines.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The city will need to approve the annexation at an upcoming meeting.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
His use of the term appeasement echoed the criticism of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who conceded Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 before World War II.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
Noun
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Most of them were Protestant descendants of the English and Scottish settlers who benefitted from the wholesale expropriation of land from Catholic owners in the seventeenth century.—
Fintan O'Toole,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump on Friday signed an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South Africa, citing an expropriation act that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed last month aiming to redress land inequalities that stem from South Africa's history of white supremacy.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The journey picks up again on May 30 and heads to Cannes, with a takeover of the Armani/Caffè terrace, and then heads to Capri, where a Giorgio Armani boutique opened in April on Via Camerelle that was designed to evoke the atmosphere of seaside destinations.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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Allow guest blogging or social media posting (i.e., an influencer account takeover).—
Emily Reynolds Bergh,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
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In 1975, the Supreme Court, in Train v. City of New York, ruled on Nixon's unilateral impoundment of funds.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbade future impoundments with only narrow exceptions.—
Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, the Legislature has passed sweeping preemption laws like the Live Local Act, which ties cities’ hands when addressing affordable housing in ways that suit local needs.—
Rob Long,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2025
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Philly is blocked from passing its own gun control measures due to the state's preemption law, which gives that power to the state Legislature.—
Mike D'Onofrio,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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During appearances last week before the House and Senate appropriations committees, Duffy boasted about saving taxpayers nearly $10 billion during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Fieldhouse and Mertens estimate that approximately 14 years passes between an appropriation shock and its peak effect on productivity growth.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Administrators can begin by: • Auditing their systems for accessibility barriers, including the assumption that students must meet traditional admissions criteria.—
Nicole Kim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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If those are the assumptions, then Bennett, a pending UFA, would be attractive.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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This can lead to unwanted complications, such as muscle cramps or seizures.—
Health,
Health,
28 May 2025
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It’s been a bumper seven days for law enforcement working on cyber and dark web investigations, who have accomplished a slew of takedowns, arrests and seizures across the world.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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