microstate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of microstate
Example Sentences
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Without ever setting foot in the palm-fringed microstate, foreign ship owners can pay Maritime Cook Islands to sail under its star-studded flag.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The first comes, not surprisingly, from San Marino – the independent microstate that nestles inside north-central Italy.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Its gravity creates a microstate for the black hole.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 28, 2024
The call for Russian protection by Transnistria, a self-declared but internationally unrecognized microstate on the eastern bank of the Dniester River, escalated tensions that date to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
San Marino, a microstate of 34,000 in central Italy, elected openly gay Paolo Rondelli to be one of its two heads of state, or captains regent, in 2022.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
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