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Recent Examples of annexation
This land is classified as an annexation, which will take the land and incorporate it into city’s territory through legal acquisition.
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Crimean Recognition As well as banning NATO membership for Ukraine, Washington's proposals include recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the war largely along existing battle lines.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The city will need to approve the annexation at an upcoming meeting.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
His use of the term appeasement echoed the criticism of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who conceded Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 before World War II.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Crimean Recognition As well as banning NATO membership for Ukraine, Washington's proposals include recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the war largely along existing battle lines.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The city will need to approve the annexation at an upcoming meeting.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
His use of the term appeasement echoed the criticism of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who conceded Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 before World War II.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annexation
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While the law permits expropriation without compensation under specific circumstances, the South African government insists that private property rights remain protected.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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The letter reviewed by Reuters shines a light on the people standing to gain from the expropriation.—
Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Golden Power legislation enables the Italian government to intercede or set conditions on foreign and domestic corporate takeovers in key sectors, including banking.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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Allow guest blogging or social media posting (i.e., an influencer account takeover).—
Emily Reynolds Bergh,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
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In 1975, the Supreme Court, in Train v. City of New York, ruled on Nixon's unilateral impoundment of funds.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbade future impoundments with only narrow exceptions.—
Emily Bazelon,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, the Legislature has passed sweeping preemption laws like the Live Local Act, which ties cities’ hands when addressing affordable housing in ways that suit local needs.—
Rob Long,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2025
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Philly is blocked from passing its own gun control measures due to the state's preemption law, which gives that power to the state Legislature.—
Mike D'Onofrio,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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Their next move is to petition congressional lawmakers to explicitly write GISS's funds into an appropriations bill.—
Joanna Thompson,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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In 2019, during the country’s longest government shutdown, Duffy voted against a transportation and housing appropriations bill that would have provided funding for the FAA but also included many provisions unrelated to air traffic control.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Administrators can begin by: • Auditing their systems for accessibility barriers, including the assumption that students must meet traditional admissions criteria.—
Nicole Kim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The assumption was that the Trump Administration will not care.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
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This can lead to unwanted complications, such as muscle cramps or seizures.—
Health,
Health,
28 May 2025
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It’s been a bumper seven days for law enforcement working on cyber and dark web investigations, who have accomplished a slew of takedowns, arrests and seizures across the world.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Annexation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annexation. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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