as in territories
a small country that is controlled and protected by a larger one
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On the other, all other territories in the top six, who account for around half of the global market for Swiss watches, saw double-digit declines.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025 -
These programs let banks reach far beyond their traditional territories by integrating credit and payments into platforms customers already use.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Get an insurance checkup and document your possessions.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Also consider whether your current home insurance policy sufficiently insures you financially in the event of extreme weather events that could destroy your home or possessions.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Models require ongoing training and fine-tuning based on local usage patterns and emerging data; inference engines, data pipelines and critical dependencies must receive regular security updates and performance optimizations.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And, short of suicides, there is other mounting evidence of people developing harmful chatbot dependencies.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Protectorates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protectorates. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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