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nationalize

[nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz] / ˈnæʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈnæʃ nəˌlaɪz /


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To meet that need, Congress enacted the SSI program in 1972 to nationalize the state welfare programs for adults 65 and older and those with disabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

By the time Grupo Lamar was seized, there were few businesses left to nationalize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

“The volume, coordination, and repetition signal a deliberate strategy to nationalize a local race by weaponizing bigotry as a turnout engine,” the group’s report says.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2025

The NFL funds boosted the council’s revenue by 450% year over year, giving the group the firepower to nationalize problem gambling efforts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

To Hamilton this question was of no emotional consequence; what he wanted was the assumption of the state debts because they would further nationalize the proposed union.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

June 1960 - Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refuse to process Soviet oil.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

For participating firms, the industry pledge effectively nationalizes the California ban on companies using personal information about students for activities not authorized by schools.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014

Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, and Israeli armies, under secret pact with Britain and France, invade the Sinai peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

The document promotes equality for Bolivia's put-upon indigenous majority and nationalizes several natural resources, among other changes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this state land nationalizes may note the character of the movement towards small holdings.

From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan

Many have held back over legal and financial concerns in the country, which nationalized the assets of ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

But Exxon and Conoco, still leery two decades after Venezuela nationalized their assets there, are taking their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It found devastating damage to Cerro Negro, the project it operated before 2007 when its infrastructure was nationalized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

A US appeals court on Friday overturned a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for nationalizing the oil company YPF in 2012.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

“It really depends on what nationalizing elections entails.”

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

A prospective soldier needed to bring his own weapon to join the military, a clever means of nationalizing Somaliland’s supply of loose guns while saving the government the cost and hassle of purchasing firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

Both Lamb and Ossoff avoided doing too much national media and avoided nationalizing the race.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025

In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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