Sentence examples for former territory from inspiring English sources

'former territory' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to land that used to belong to a particular country or political entity. For example, "The Former Soviet Union included territories in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia."

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Over much of its former territory, it is commercially extinct.

Much of its former territory is now in Katsina state.

By allying with Philip V of Macedon, it succeeded in recovering some of its former territory.

Much of the emirate's former territory is now in Borno and Yobe states.

Trump's business, after all, is headquartered in New York City, Bharara's former territory.

Inouye had represented Hawaii in Congress since 1959, from the moment the former territory achieved statehood.

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His country is long gone, but rows over electricity still echo in its former territories.

The threat of a disruption of vital gas supplies also hangs over Russia's former territories.

AUC chiefs want the army to move in to their former territories to protect residents against FARC reprisals.

By unequivocally accepting the existing Oder-Neisse border [7], Germany abandoned all future claims to former territories within Poland.

The tribe says it deserves compensation for its former territories and desperately needs a casino for self-sufficiency.

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