sovereignties

variants also sovranties
plural of sovereignty
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as in independencies
the state of being free from the control or power of another upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sovereignties
Noun
  • Disney didn’t want to jeopardize 60 years of press freedoms bestowed through that decision.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Conservative leaders framed vaccine mandates as an overreach of government power, threatening personal freedoms and bodily autonomy, while more liberal and progressive leaders perceived vaccines as a collective opportunity to promote public health.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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
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
  • This administration has not forced these countries to take them back.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Sovereignties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sovereignties. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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