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as in homes
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
a great love for my country
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as in states
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president
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Recent Examples of countries
In all three countries, local militants backed by Russian muscle declared their own microstates.
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Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Amazon just realized this six-in-one adapter which is suitable for use in over 150 countries across Europe, Asia, America, and more.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
After all, investment from China is expanding even in countries that fear Chinese power.
—Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Participants ranged in age from 18 to 91 years old and lived in 13 different countries.
—Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
There's other countries that will be willing to accept them.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Because some of these countries, like Venezuela, don't accept deportations right now.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
This administration has not forced these countries to take them back.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
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
Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Amazon just realized this six-in-one adapter which is suitable for use in over 150 countries across Europe, Asia, America, and more.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
After all, investment from China is expanding even in countries that fear Chinese power.
—Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Participants ranged in age from 18 to 91 years old and lived in 13 different countries.
—Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
There's other countries that will be willing to accept them.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Because some of these countries, like Venezuela, don't accept deportations right now.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
This administration has not forced these countries to take them back.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countries
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Even the western coastal homelands of Assad and his Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, largely acquiesced to Sharaa's leadership.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Given ongoing conflicts and political instability in Ukraine, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, forcing migrants to return to their homelands engulfed in war or violence fails to observe these international legal norms and could place them in immediate danger.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The plan, reported in January in The Age newspaper, has been floated by the three most powerful and richest cricket nations - India, Australia and England who would be part of a top tier consisting of seven teams.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Our goal should be free trade with free nations.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Countries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countries. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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