sovereign
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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
These include sovereign securities with maturities of more than one year and up to three years, more than 10 years and up to 25 years, and more than 25 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Industry players early in research and development are already gaining first-mover advantages, the firm wrote, while investments are ramping up and government policies are holding quantum as a sovereign priority.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The first, passed in March, was an unusual measure giving the state the right to automatically appeal any decision holding that it didn’t enjoy sovereign immunity from suit.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Had not they locked arms together as “Publius” to justify the need for a national government with sovereign power over the states?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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