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
“Just building a fixed facility in and of itself does not qualify as territorial appropriation or territorial sovereignty.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
The 1959 Antarctic Treaty froze existing territorial claims and prohibited the assertion of new claims “while the present Treaty is in force.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It had happened before, and it had cost a territorial governor his head a hundred years ago, and it had cost another governor his political career only twenty years ago.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing territorial
Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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