Sentence examples for the statehood from inspiring English sources
noun
The property of being a state.
- Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959 when it became the 49th state of the United States.
The housing announcement could strengthen Palestinian resolve to proceed with the statehood declaration.
The UN will decide on the statehood bid in the coming days.
Later, Shaath told a meeting with foreign diplomats it would be "immoral" for their countries to oppose the statehood resolution.
The fresh demand of statehood in Bodoland also revived the statehood movement in the Karbi Anglong region.
Mr. Kumar apparently became obsessed with the statehood movement, attending every meeting of the local activist group.
But islanders have not uniformly embraced the statehood option: they rejected it, though narrowly, in referendums in 1993 and 1998.
Roger Pilon, of the libertarian Cato Institute, called the statehood quest a "fool's errand" because of constitutional obstacles.
One resident, Joe Vogler, means to sue the govt. and ask the court to set aside the statehood contract for substantive violation.
And the UK says the statehood bid could end up harming Palestinian interests if the Israeli reaction is so severe that it sets back the prospects for peace.
The statehood movement asserts that the West Bengal government has neglected and ruined productive economic activity in the region over the years and is also discriminatory.
Some have criticised the move as propaganda – a little helping hand for the statehood bid, maybe, or just a long, drawn-out two-fingers towards the separation wall?
