welfare states

noun

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plural of welfare state
as in client states

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  1. settlements
  2. nations
  3. countries
  4. provinces
Noun
  • Israel also built settlements in the Sinai, Golan and the Gaza Strip.
    Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Some hardliners in Netanyahu’s governing coalition have called for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements.
    Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of settlements
Noun
  • These nations often reject deportation flights from the United States but are more likely to accept them when originating from Mexico.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • All three have served in their respective nations’ air forces.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of nations
Noun
  • Diggins added individual silver and bronze medals in Beijing in 2022, giving her a hand in three of the four Olympic medals ever won by Americans in a sport ruled by the Scandinavian countries and Russia.
    Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In all three countries, local militants backed by Russian muscle declared their own microstates.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of countries
Noun
  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down.
    David Ljunggren, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Whatever the reasons for the casting decisions, the Roman empire really did house people of innumerable ethnicities in provinces ranging from Scotland to Arabia.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of provinces
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