Thesaurus results for MICROSTATES

microstates

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plural of microstate

as in nation-states

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Historically, adversarial nation-states were largely considered the biggest cybersecurity threat to critical infrastructure.

— Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026
For the first 15 years thereafter, terrorism supplanted other threats such as those coming from nation-states (China, Iran, North Korea and Russia), and our country took our eye off of existential threats to our security.

— John M. Weaver, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of nation-states

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His historical record of the Peloponnesian War described how Athens’ rapid rise in power alarmed Sparta and made war between the two city-states inevitable.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
By the later Middle Ages, Italian city-states such as Venice and Genoa were major European trading centers, importing goods from the eastern Mediterranean and distributing them to markets across Europe.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of city-states

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Talker Research conducted the survey July 2–16 across nine countries, polling professionals in technology and security roles at companies with at least 500 employees.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Freestanding beauty stores’ openings will be accelerated in other countries.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of countries

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Gone are the four nations, corresponding to the elements, who coexisted in harmony that was disrupted and then, episode by episode, restored.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
The Nordic nations have long prided themselves on low crime rates and high levels of social trust.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of nations

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For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — better known as ICANN — is accepting applications for new top-level domains.

— David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

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This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).

— Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Istanbul, city of empires The city now known as Istanbul has been at the heart of empires, from the Roman to the Byzantine to the Ottoman, and their legacies can be found throughout the Turkish metropolis.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of empires

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