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...An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, extent, orbit, purview, range, reach, realm, scope,...
13) Caribbean Sea. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, the United States has considered the Caribbean within its sphere of influence —that is, a region where United States interests are directly...
14) Czech Republic. The World Factbook. 2003
...Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended...
15) Bulgaria. The World Factbook. 2003
...in 1878, but having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, it fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. Communist...
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...York City and soon achieved wide renown. In 1865 his followers, wishing to increase the sphere of his influence, organized the Independent Liberal Church, which was...
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...see them yet! Sweet seraph! Sure thou art not dead, Thou gracest still this earthly sphere; An influence still is round me shed, 15 Like thine,—and yet thou art not...
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...or administrative division, especially of a province, in some European countries. 10. A sphere of influence or interest; domain. 11. Logic A vicious circle. Inflected...
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...inhabitants of the territory and to the League, which supervised mandates; it differed from a sphere of influence in that the guardians had an acknowledged right...
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