sovereign
Example Sentences
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Newcastle, in 17th spot, are backed by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
From Barron's
JB Pardiwala, one of the two judges, wrote: "Taxing an income arising out of its own country is an inherent sovereign right. Any dilution of this is a threat to a nation's long-term interest."
From BBC
“If the U.S. government is unilaterally going into a sovereign country and apprehending somebody, you can understand the concern that sovereign entity might have,” Colombo told reporters outside the courthouse on Tuesday.
On Dec. 3 last year, Van Geelen published a memo about opportunities in Venezuelan sovereign bonds, then trading at 17-20 cents on the dollar, with years of missed coupons compounding the legal claims.
From MarketWatch
During an interview with MarketWatch, he discussed “geopolitical crosscurrents” that had been instrumental in pushing up gold prices and pressuring “the long end of sovereign bond markets.”
From MarketWatch
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