accession
Example Sentences
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Demonstrators against the Georgian government's suspension of its European Union accession bid have complained of other symptoms too - shortness of breath, coughing, and vomiting that lasted for weeks.
From BBC
The plan says that there would be no prohibition against Ukraine joining the EU, a multiyear accession process Kyiv has begun.
The subsequent engagement was “striking,” says Frank, who explains that the large accession of daily menswear fashion helped expand the typical notion of Whitten’s brilliance being limited to costume design.
From Los Angeles Times
Eradicating systemic corruption is one of the top requirements for Ukraine's application for EU membership and any hurdles to it might slow down the accession.
From Barron's
In the decades since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, those hopes of political liberalization have largely been dashed.
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