statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d 
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The visit would come as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman pushes for international recognition of Palestinian statehood as the war in Gaza drags on and as prospects of Saudi-Israeli normalization grow more distant.
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Kareem Khadder, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Any deal would, from the Saudi perspective, likely have to include a solution to the question of Palestinian statehood, taking away one of Hezbollah’s main grievances.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
Saudi Arabia has resisted joining the Abraham Accords with Israel, pushed for by the U.S., unless there is a clear path to Palestinian statehood.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Established in 1909, Pray was named after congressman Charles Nelson Pray, who represented Montana during its early statehood.
—Colin Burke, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
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Kareem Khadder, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Any deal would, from the Saudi perspective, likely have to include a solution to the question of Palestinian statehood, taking away one of Hezbollah’s main grievances.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 15 May 2025
Saudi Arabia has resisted joining the Abraham Accords with Israel, pushed for by the U.S., unless there is a clear path to Palestinian statehood.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Established in 1909, Pray was named after congressman Charles Nelson Pray, who represented Montana during its early statehood.
—Colin Burke, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
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statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d
: the condition of being a state
especially
: the condition or status of one of the states of the U.S.
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