How to Use statehood in a Sentence

statehood

noun
  • The white star symbolizes hope and 1896, the year of Utah's statehood.
    Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This is the second time a bill that would give D.C. statehood passed the House, the first being in 2020.
    Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • The House passes a bill that could pave the way for Puerto Rican statehood.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • For the Palestinians, there is the promise of statehood.
    Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Even the cactuses in the Valentine State, named for the day statehood was declared, would agree.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024
  • Were there actual public easements to streambeds on the books at the time of statehood?
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Into America heads to D.C. to learn about the push for statehood.
    NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • The shift to statehood could raise the prospect of other costs, such as designing and distributing the new state’s flag.
    Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Last year marked the first time a D.C. statehood bill cleared either chamber of Congress.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Governors served two-year terms from the advent of statehood through 1967.
    Paul Messinger, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Three years on, the Southeast Asian nation is teetering on the brink of failed statehood.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The statehood bill passed the House on a strict party-line vote last month, for only the second time in history.
    Washington Post, 5 May 2021
  • State flag The flag also shows the coat of arms; the state's name appears above it and the year of Wisconsin's statehood, 1848, appears below.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The case in The Hague does not address any of those grievances or bring Palestinians any closer to statehood.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The fact is, statehood has long been partisan in nature.
    Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 1 June 2021
  • Governors served two-year terms from the advent of statehood through 1967.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The state took over management in 1959 as a condition of statehood.
    Rob Perez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The bill granting statehood to the District of Columbia also faces no chance in the Senate.
    Alan Fram, ajc, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Serbs cherish the area as central both to their religion and statehood.
    Dusan Stojanovic, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Arizona becomes a state Arizona had tried to reach statehood for years.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And then each of those hundred sub-districts should apply for statehood.
    Charles Kesler, National Review, 20 June 2024
  • Witness Trees have been growing in the same spot since before Arizona achieved statehood in 1912.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
  • If Puerto Rico chooses statehood, the U.S. will begin the process of admitting it as the nation's 51st state, the draft says.
    Lilia Luciano and Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 23 May 2022
  • The charter for statehood was approved by the citizens of Arizona and by Congress.
    Paul Messinger, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The charter for statehood was approved by the citizens of Arizona and by Congress.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • And the Palestinian dream of statehood remains as distant as ever.
    New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Gantz has remained vague about his view of Palestinian statehood.
    Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2024
  • For the bill's advocates, D.C. statehood is a civil rights issue.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 2 May 2021
  • Through sheer might and brutality, Mr. Putin may yet conquer Ukraine and erase its statehood.
    Richard Fontaine, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • One of the items dated back to 1887, before Montana gained statehood, according to records in the indictment.
    Olivia Lloyd, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024

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