sovereignty
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Canada has recently made the Arctic a focus of its national security policy, asserting in 2024 that Canada's sovereignty in the north "is the most urgent and important task".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
However, she also noted that any clean energy project should respect Tribal sovereignty, protect cultural and natural resources and ensure equitable benefits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The treaty allows all nations to explore and use the moon “exclusively for peaceful purposes,” and bans any claims of sovereignty over the moon.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
The countries, among the world's poorest, have shown an openness to US investment despite their vows to protect sovereignty.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
In its most familiar form, dominant in the nineteenth century, the tension assumes a constitutional appearance as a conflict between state and federal sovereignty.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing sovereignty
The American Civil War
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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Human Geography - Middle School
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