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nation

[ney-shuhn] / ˈneɪ ʃən /


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The region is a big supplier for Asian nations, several of which have had to suspend their own output as the price of natural gas used in its production has soared.

From Barron's

US television host Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday described her family's "agony" in her first television interview since her mother was apparently kidnapped nearly two months ago in a case that has gripped the nation.

From Barron's

Indiana is barring one of the nation’s most expensive autism-therapy providers from billing the state’s Medicaid program two weeks after the company’s practices were detailed in a Wall Street Journal article, state officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The LNG crunch threatens wealthy nations with a prolonged wave of energy-driven inflation, while simultaneously forcing fragile emerging economies to ration fuel and shutter factory floors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The financial figures just help us keep score of the choices that define us as a nation.

From Los Angeles Times