as in republic
a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it
the city-states of ancient Greece
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Recent Examples of city-state
Four of those top five carriers are based in what essentially are city-states with relatively small but extremely wealthy local markets.
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Dan Reed, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
D’Annunzio established his own city-state, the Italian Regency of Canaro, with the poet in the position of Comandante.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Measured by revenue, however, the tiny city-state of six million ends up far ahead of its ASEAN peers.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 June 2025
That leaves Pope Leo XIV facing challenges to drum up the funds needed to pull his city-state out of the red.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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Dan Reed, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
D’Annunzio established his own city-state, the Italian Regency of Canaro, with the poet in the position of Comandante.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Measured by revenue, however, the tiny city-state of six million ends up far ahead of its ASEAN peers.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 June 2025
That leaves Pope Leo XIV facing challenges to drum up the funds needed to pull his city-state out of the red.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city-state
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From the Cossack republics of the 17th century to the Maidan uprising of 2014, Ukraine has consistently supported freedom and pluralism.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Charges of legislative graft are as old as the republic itself.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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Because once somebody is in the kingdom, things can happen to them, and the Western press doesn't really know.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Over the same period, Saudi Arabia’s citizens gained visa-free access to four countries, bringing its total to 91 countries, which lifts the kingdom four places to No. 54.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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At the end of Trump’s second term, perhaps the incoming president, whether a Republican or Democrat, might then be able to chip away at our subsidies and tariffs in coordination with the rest of world, find a path forward that works sufficiently well enough for all nations.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The moves come after Chevron won against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over Hess' offshore oil assets in the South American nation of Guyana.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
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The issue wasn’t with FC Nordsjælland, which is also part of the Right to Dream empire and has sent several other players to SDFC.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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Besides the Cousins' Buechel neighborhood home, Moore and his local crew shot at the former D. Nalley's diner in Old Louisville and Powder Keg Fireworks in Jeffersonville, Indiana, as well as various country roads and a lake in Southern Indiana.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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On Sunday, July 20, Lord posted on Instagram a thank-you letter sent to him by the Duke of Sussex, 40, after visiting his shop East Side Ink to get a fake tattoo from country singer Jelly Roll in 2024.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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However, the duchy passed on to Prince William when Charles became king on the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Known collectively as Hessians, since most Germans hired by London to fight in America came from Hesse-Kassel, this contingent was largely from the small, impoverished duchy of Brunswick, whose ruling family had intermarried with the British royal family.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Crime in the commonwealth is on the low side despite its size.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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In Pennsylvania alone, more than 100 deaths have occurred at three dozen dams across the commonwealth, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Brigham Young University.—
Michele Haddon,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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The principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1 calendar to hold a Grand Prix.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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This shift allowed Europe to escape from the problem that had doomed Indian civilization to impotence: a state that was so weak that society constantly dissolved into petty principalities that inevitably fell prey to more powerful invaders.—
John Micklethwait,
Foreign Affairs,
29 May 2014
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“City-state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city-state. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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