sovereign
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Renting out hardware will also allow Oracle to expand into higher-margin niches such as sovereign cloud, which involves building localized data centers for national governments.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
Freeman, whose real name was Desmond Filby, was a self-described "sovereign citizen", part of an anti-government movement that rejects authority and laws.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
"This is the culmination of policies aimed at creating a sovereign internet," Marielle Wijermars, an associate professor of internet governance at Maastricht University told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
The TikTok deal and the Warner Bros. buyout were both completed with multibillion-dollar guarantees from the sovereign funds of Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
The homelands were, ostensibly, the original homes of South Africa’s tribes, sovereign and semi-sovereign “nations” where black people would be “free.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.