How to Use nation in a Sentence

nation

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  • It's one of the richest nations in the world.
  • The President will speak to the nation tonight.
  • The entire nation is celebrating the victory.
  • But nation's top pitcher is back. 'Get Bo to the plate.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
  • Six eateries from the European nation made the list – three of them in the top five.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • At the funeral processions, the coffins of the Afghans were draped in green cloth but bore the flag of no nation.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • How does women’s health care in the U.S. stack up to other nations?
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The change means nations can now apply lower tax rates to some goods.
    — Diana Baptista, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
  • But there could and should be a resolve to recognize how all of that works against the progress of this nation.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Across both schemes, the delegates are from across the U.K.’s nations and regions.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Prior to the 2023 Women's World Cup, those two had been the only two nations to lead the rankings.
    — Asif Burhan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Of course, the show wasn’t all a reminder of our divided, racist nation.
    — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And so, for me, the most important thing is that the people in the film work closely with the Osage nation.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Singapore was the first nation to approve the sale of the meat, poultry and seafood clones just over two years ago.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The citizens of the richest nation in the world can and should finally put an end to it.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The United States is a nation that loves a tomato sandwich.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • This event, known at the Baptism of Poland, is considered the birth of the modern Polish nation.
    — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • This is a nation that had a population of about 4.5 million at the time.
    — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Olympics added a team competition to judo in 2021, and France took home gold over host nation Japan, the birthplace of the sport.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
  • While the Big Dance captivates a nation, football is the focus in Gainesville.
    — Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • About 30 percent of the world's nations drive on the left side of the road, known confusingly as right-hand drive, as the driver's seat is on the right side of the car.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
  • The United States has one of the lowest life expectancy rates among wealthy nations.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Wanting Ukraine to be whole and free to be a sovereign nation in charge of its own future.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Republicans want the best for our nation, and so do Democrats.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • My friendship with Fred Moten spans a nation of Black music.
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There is one nation that was neither a subject or ally of Napoleon.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The argument was that money, like goods, should flow freely among nations.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 June 2023
  • Cyprus is an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • No nation is natural, like a mountain or a forest or a species of whale.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This imbalance speaks to both the size and economy of Brazil in particular, and of course of how its club football has seen privatisation in recent years, wage bills have reached a level that blow other nations out of the water.
    — Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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