southern state
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsouthernandstate
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southern
adjective
uk/ˈsʌð.ən/us/ˈsʌð.ɚn/
in or from the south part of ...
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state
noun
uk/steɪt/us/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofsouthernandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Fortunately, one does not need a measure ofsouthernstateparties' issue positions to evaluate this hypothesis.
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Chief among these tenets is the defence of thesouthernstateagainst involvement in a cross-border civil war.
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Plans for the new location include a full service restaurant, a children's gallery, a culinary innovation center, and an exhibit for everysouthernstate.
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The town is nearly equidistant from both the northern andsouthernstatelines.
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The act was the first of its kind passed in asouthernstate.
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The two counties are also the only ones to touch both the northern andsouthernstatelines.
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In even-numbered years it is held in asouthernstate.
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However, temperatures in the winter are much colder and harsher than would be expected in asouthernstate.
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Southern states had a simple corporation law because they did not have many corporations.
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In 1865, three of twelve (25 percent) southern states had such provisions, compared with six of sixteen (38 percent) northern states.
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By 1876, four northern states, three southern states, and two western states offered multiple classes of stock in some form or another.
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There followed years of defiance, delay and evasion by southern states and localities, which produced token school desegregation.
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Leaders of poor southern states were particularly eager for increased federal assistance for these needy populations.
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On the whole, though, land gifts in dowry are rare and tend to be confined to the southern states.
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That trade took a blow when five southern states decided to bulk purchase and distribute direct to their own schools.
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The three southern states remain for the most part at the bottom of that group.
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By 1903, most southern states used the primary; by 1915, all did.
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