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Recent Examples of trust territory
In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
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Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list.
—Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trust territory
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Additionally, borrowers with loans subject to the settlement's provisions should see their collection efforts halted.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Those fears have been compounded by far-right members of Israel’s government who support rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew troops and settlers from in 2005.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Such situations can become even more complicated when money is involved, as financial dependencies may create additional expectations or obligations.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Traditional monitoring tools, designed for simpler architectures, often struggle with these intricate dependency chains.—
Karthik Sj,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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That same mandate could also reopen the door to millions of acres of federal land that became off limits to hunters during the Biden Administration.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, Jacobson argued that Cambridge’s vaccine mandate threatened his rights as an individual.—
Helen L. Murphey / Made by History,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s lies are dragging down democracy, journalism and the climate, columnist Sammy Roth writes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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King, kaiser, czar, empire, democracy, European civilization, national honor—the reasons, in hindsight, make no sense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of Loyalists—Americans who maintained their allegiance to the British Crown—migrated northwards to colonize Canada, including the new Anglophone province of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in the 1780s and 1790s.—
Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Other Canadian provinces are primed to follow suit.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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The collapse was caused by heavy downpours and unstable soil.—
Hanna Park and Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the deadliest air disaster ever on South Korean soil, a plane belonging to budget airline Jeju Air crashed at the country's Muan airport on Dec. 29, killing all but two of the 181 passengers and crew members on board.—
Lisa Barrington,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Andrew’s response is more petulance; more younger brother than the adult, aging son of the sovereign.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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Much better to be overlooked and underappreciated than in the sovereign’s good graces.—
Eva Wolchover,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Trust territory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20territory. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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