sovereign state
Example Sentences
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“For our part,” the statement continued, “we did not imagine that merely holding up the flag of a sovereign state recognised by 157 countries would violate any law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Curacao, a Caribbean island of about 158,000 people, is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is culturally Dutch-influenced but not a full sovereign state.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
"Either its people unite around a sovereign state that monopolises weapons, upholds the law and protects citizens irrespective of their affiliation or position, or it remains hostage to the logic of militias," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
So is the story of the Constitutional Convention a few years later, which produced what is now the world’s oldest constitution of a complex sovereign state, amended only 27 times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Any other team on spaceship Earth would have worried about Julian's defying an official of the sovereign state of New York.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
