denationalize

Example Sentences

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Effectively, it denationalized the issue by letting states go their separate ways.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

When the Republic of Latvia became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, property was denationalized and Latvians reclaimed it.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

The British have seen their steel industry nationalized and denationalized; now it is going to be renationalized.

From Time Magazine Archive

After agreeing to end their five-year war in Yemen, Nasser unfroze more than $100 million worth of Saudi assets in Egypt, and Feisal denationalized two Egyptian-owned banks that he had taken over earlier this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

It may be that as Scotland and, more lately, Ireland have been peacefully denationalized, a preventive, anticipating the dreadful event of war, might years before have been devised by statesmanly forecast.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin