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national

[nash-uh-nl, nash-nuhl] / ˈnæʃ ə nl, ˈnæʃ nəl /


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Additionally, nearly 9% of Seattle sellers listed their homes for less than what they paid for it, the firm added, which was higher than the national average of 6.6%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

A national park provided a helicopter to help in the rescue effort alongside bigger boats and divers from the local area and the army, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

It advanced causes he favored—he notes that activists for women’s rights, armed with what he called the “weapon of propaganda,” had “made their influence felt on city councils, state legislatures, and national congresses.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Ming Yang's proposed £1.5bn plant at Ardersier, near Nairn, was blocked by the UK government, citing unspecified national security concerns.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The Argentine Naval Band played the British and Argentine national anthems with an accompaniment of barking, growling, snarling, and howling from the dogs as Endurance set sail on the next leg of the voyage.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Eleven people were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly organizing hundreds of sham marriages for foreigners seeking US residency, mostly Chinese nationals, officials said.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Those arrested include 309 Chinese nationals, 19 Indonesians, three Malaysians and four Myanmar nationals.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The Sentencing Act actually has a clause, not yet enacted, that would allow foreign nationals to be deported at the point of sentence.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Li initially marketed his product to Chinese nationals and Hong Kong’s roughly seven million people, and later expanded under the brand Moomoo to the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The other two were nationals, one with tribal marks on his cheeks, the other with marks on his hands just like the one my grandfather gave me to protect me from snakebite.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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