national
Example Sentences
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At the time, Malinin didn’t attend the national championship competition with significant Olympic hopes.
From Los Angeles Times
On Thursday, China's national market regulator told domestic baby formula manufacturers to test for cereulide, without mentioning specific companies.
From BBC
For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.
U.S. officials described the closure as a matter of national security and said it would last 10 days.
From Los Angeles Times
After the 14 January incident, the DHS issued a statement saying the shooting happened after a car chase involving a Venezuelan national who was in the country illegally.
From BBC
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