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Recent Examples of client state
The hunter education marketplace remains lucrative because once a vendor acquires a client state agency, their customers come along essentially for free.
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024
In other words, Britain is a client state, albeit a senior one, with certain privileges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
By turning Abiy’s Ethiopia into a client state, however, the UAE has helped feed the prime minister’s worst instincts.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow provided both internal and external security assistance to their client states, and few if any countries maintained security relationships with both superpowers.
—Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024
In other words, Britain is a client state, albeit a senior one, with certain privileges.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
By turning Abiy’s Ethiopia into a client state, however, the UAE has helped feed the prime minister’s worst instincts.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow provided both internal and external security assistance to their client states, and few if any countries maintained security relationships with both superpowers.
—Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for client state
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Even otherwise, a settlement that doesn’t hurt Ripple much would be seen as a positive.Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The $95 million settlement is but a drop in the bucket for Apple, though.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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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
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People's Liberation Army Navy CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong A satellite image showed the Liaoning, which is the Chinese military's first operational aircraft carrier, was pierside at its base in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, on Friday.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Two other ostrich studies, from northwest Spain and from a province in western Iran, indeed found feed to be a major factor in the meat’s climate impact.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Austria's Freedom Party leader was granted a mandate on Monday to try to form a new government.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Indiana Republican said his party has a mandate to extend Trump's expiring tax cuts, address border security and the drug epidemic.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Despite many challenges like reducing oil dependency, ensuring political stability amid sectarian divides and managing environmental crises, the Sudani government must focus on protecting the state.James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
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Along with the many technological and safety advances in this surgery, there have also been innovations in its ability to not only restore vision but also to reduce dependency on glasses following the procedure.Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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The post-Cold War era of America as sole superpower has evolved into a multipolar world where the United States confronts an alliance of autocracies that believe liberal democracy is a dying political system — even as many Americans have lost faith in their institutions.Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Biden, Obama and Clinton depicted Trump as a danger to democracy itself, a more consequential concern than anything ever leveled at Carter, who was honored for his work worldwide to strengthen democracies.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rocks also contribute to soil stability and protect delicate ecosystems.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
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June • For camellia, citrus, gardenia, grape and other plants adapted to acidic soil: If leaves are yellowing (chlorotic) between green veins, plants may benefit from foliar or soil application of iron and zinc chelate and mulching.The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Since the peaceful revolution against the Assad dictatorship in 2012, the United States found ways to advance change.Brandon Hoffman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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For his part, Rubio kept a serious stance while making his case for the new role and speaking out against dictatorship regimes, but also, kept several exchanges with senators lighter at times.Claudia Grisales, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Client state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/client%20state. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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