as in habitats
the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found
that plant's territory extends from Georgia all the way north to Maine
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Recent Examples of territories
The sustained performance demonstrates exceptional hold and continued audience demand across India and international territories.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Part of one of 14 British overseas territories, Tristan lies roughly halfway between South Africa and South America, over 1,500 miles from its nearest inhabited neighbor.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Starlink is poised to receive $700 million from the BEAD program, which is preparing to distribute $21 billion in subsidies to all 50 states and US territories.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
The nation's defining era began with its Age of Discovery, driven by explorers like Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias, who established sea routes to Asia and claimed territories like Brazil.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Thirty-four states and territories have adopted school choice initiatives.
—Christopher P. Desanctis, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Pathé will distribute in France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa, and will handle international sales excluding Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan — territories that CJ ENM and Penture will manage directly.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Disaffected members of the Whig, Free Soil and Democratic parties in places like New York and Maine also organized in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill that could bring slavery into new territories.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Some wolves have established territories, while others roam more broadly, the department said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Part of one of 14 British overseas territories, Tristan lies roughly halfway between South Africa and South America, over 1,500 miles from its nearest inhabited neighbor.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Starlink is poised to receive $700 million from the BEAD program, which is preparing to distribute $21 billion in subsidies to all 50 states and US territories.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
The nation's defining era began with its Age of Discovery, driven by explorers like Vasco da Gama and Bartolomeu Dias, who established sea routes to Asia and claimed territories like Brazil.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Thirty-four states and territories have adopted school choice initiatives.
—Christopher P. Desanctis, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Pathé will distribute in France, Benelux, Switzerland and West Africa, and will handle international sales excluding Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan — territories that CJ ENM and Penture will manage directly.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Disaffected members of the Whig, Free Soil and Democratic parties in places like New York and Maine also organized in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill that could bring slavery into new territories.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Some wolves have established territories, while others roam more broadly, the department said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for territories
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The deep sea may wind up full of these prosthetic habitats—ecosystems that function in some ways, but that remain diminished and hollow compared to their natural state.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The beauty of moss Ancient and resilient, moss – flowerless, non-vascular plants that have survived for more than 450 million years, through different climactic conditions – represent some of Nature's tiniest habitats.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Red Cross said the crash damaged the building and forced three families — a total of 10 people — from their homes.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Money divested from Israel would be given out as cash gifts so that newly married couples could buy homes.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Territories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/territories. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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