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Recent Examples of trust territory
In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
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Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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
Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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
Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trust territory
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As the company went public, Ruddy downplayed the pro-Trump leanings of Newsmax — which reached a $40 million settlement last year with Smartmatic over the network’s false claims that the voting machine company helped to rig the 2020 presidential election in favor of former President Joe Biden.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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Newsmax has paid out $20 million of that settlement so far, according to its IPO disclosure, and the remaining balance will be paid by March 31 and June 30 this year.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Reducing this dependency, especially at outdoor events or in regions with limited access to cooling infrastructure, could cut carbon emissions.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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In deep tech, scaling internationally is often a necessity due to fragmented regulatory landscapes and supply chain dependencies.—
Pierrick Bouffaron,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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President Trump has said repeatedly that he was elected with a mandate to cut Federal bureaucracy and eliminate waste.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The panel embarked on an ambitious listening tour, hearing from a total of 1,650 community members with the mandate of creating a strategic plan for Connecticut’s child care system.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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Separately on Friday, Canada's government announced sanctions against eight senior officials in Venezuela's government, citing human rights violations and undermining democracy.—
Vivian Sequera,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The United States must not hesitate in ensuring that a democracy, Ukraine, does not succumb to an antidemocratic, autocratic, dictatorial and villainous Russia.—
Askold Haywas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Researchers have found stone artifacts crafted in a style closely associated with Neanderthals in East Asia for the first time at a site in southwestern China’s Yunnan province.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Russia's gains have been concentrated in eastern Donetsk and Luhansk provinces and the southern Zaporizhzhya region.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Chevron also challenged the costly wetlands restoration project proposed by the parish, which involved removing large amounts of contaminated soil and filling in the swaths fragmented wetlands eroded over the last century.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Constitutionally, the sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC, but the Duke of Sussex believes that his father could intervene to ensure such protection is extended.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Trust territory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20territory. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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