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territory

[ter-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈtɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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But major indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite remained just shy of record territory.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

It made stops in Antarctica and the British territory of Saint Helena before anchoring Sunday off Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

He died on board the ship and his body was currently on the island of Saint Helena, a British territory in the South Atlantic, Mohale the South African spokesman said.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

The film is, by all measures, the studio’s first foray into the Hollywood-adjacent territory it purports to rally against.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Texas is admitted as the twenty-eighth state, a slave state, even though Mexico still claims Texas as its territory.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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