territorial
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Researchers propose that this behavior could reflect territorial tensions between Neanderthal communities, possibly linked to competition for resources or space.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
Russia, whose battlefield advances have slowed since last year, has paid a high price in manpower for relatively small territorial gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
This means routing through Iran’s territorial waters, working out a toll and paying the extortion money in Chinese yuan or cryptocurrency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“Just building a fixed facility in and of itself does not qualify as territorial appropriation or territorial sovereignty.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
While most solitary territorial species thus haven’t been domesticated, it’s not conversely the case that most herd species can be domesticated.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing territorial
Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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