How to Use sovereignty in a Sentence

sovereignty

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  • War has taught him that the pain of memory is the price of sovereignty.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Point one of the plan was: respect the sovereignty of all nations.
    — NBC News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Over the years, Beijing has tried to claim sovereignty over 90 percent of the region.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
  • That is really at the heart of the movement and at the heart of food justice, is achieving food sovereignty.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • China has long claimed sovereignty over the island and has vowed to reunify it with the rest of the mainland by 2027.
    — The Week Staff, theweek, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Zooming out, my heart kind of goes to achieving food sovereignty.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • Fears about the strength and sovereignty of your country’s currency?
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
  • At some point, boundaries are drawn and sovereignty declared.
    — Dan Raviv, Time, 10 Oct. 2023
  • During the coronation service, the orb is placed in the right hand of the king or queen as they are invested with the symbols of sovereignty.
    — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Mentally, the seven ages of man speed up their full-circling, until the past’s sovereignty over the present is complete.
    — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The future of both the federal bill and the state sovereignty proposal are uncertain.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The biggest roadblock to application of sticks is the issue of sovereignty.
    — Sumant Sinha, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The country claims sovereignty over nearly all of the South China Sea, extending thousands of miles from its own shores.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • We are forever torn between our need for love and our struggle for sovereignty.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Borders demarcate lines of sovereignty between states—and the Palestinians do not have a state.
    — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The structure of the mandate prevented them from being able to have national rights or sovereignty.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But the case also became a catalyst for Fiji to stand up to Beijing and assert its sovereignty.
    — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In the past few years, her liberation work has centered on food sovereignty in Puerto Rico.
    — Camille Padilla Dalmau and Frances Medina, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The hits on two symbols of Ukrainian sovereignty struck many as not coincidental.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • For the new Mexican president, sovereignty was the bigger concern.
    — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Recent events have increased tensions with China over the issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Within the last few years, the Supreme Court has handed down some of the most momentous decisions on tribal sovereignty in at least a generation.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
  • From Beijing's point of view, democracy in Taiwan doesn't trump Chinese sovereignty.
    — Megan Lebowitz, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Tribes across the region contend that the oil pipeline is infringing on tribal sovereignty and treaty rights, and have urged the Biden administration to speak out against the pipeline.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Critics see the Popular Party appeal as an attack on the Parliament’s sovereignty and a move by it to avoid losing influence in the court.
    — CiarÁn Giles, ajc, 20 Dec. 2022
  • So far, the project has brought to his attention a wide variety of perspectives among the Taiwanese diaspora on the nation’s sovereignty.
    — Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • While Europe has rallied around Ukraine in the name of democracy and sovereignty, the solidarity might not be enough to stave off a sense of injustice at home over time, Dr. Golub says.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The Polish government has been playing both sides, affirming Ukrainian sovereignty while calling on Ukraine to make amends.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2023
  • China has long claimed to hold sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait and the island itself, something not recognized by the U.S. or international law.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The fact that Elizabeth II lived until the age of 96, and died within 48 hours of her last official engagement, had in it a touch of the mystical perpetuity of sovereignty.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024

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