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Discover Ludwig"client state" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a country or territory that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on a larger and more powerful country. Example: "Cambodia was once a client state of France, but gained independence in 1953."
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It has become an archetypal "client state".
But Myanmar is far from a client state.
Tory grumbling about Labour's "client state" has something to it.
Iraq, of course, had been a Soviet client state.
Our history would suggest a tightly controlled client state instead.
Might there be franchises to chase in Putin's client state?
If you were an ally, then you were a client state".
BURUMA: It helps in these matters to be an American client state.
"The Russian deployment in Syria is designed to prop up a client state," he said.
"America is not a client state of Israel — maybe the opposite is true," he said.
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He thought that, all things considered, Britain was better off as a client-state of Washington than as a client-state of Moscow, but he did not look on an increased American role in the world with hope.
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