territory

[ˈterətɔːri]

Definition:
1. A region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
2. An area of knowledge or interest.
3. The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state.

Use 'territory' in a sentence:

1. Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on the territory.
2. Legal problems are Andy's territory.
3. Peter the Great expands territory beyond the Euro mountains along the Caspian Sea at the expense of the Turks.
4. Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory.
5. She has to work late most days, but in her kind of job that goes with the territory.
6. This is my territory. I want you out of here.
7. That is not territory that you can build colonies; you've got powerful empires to deal with.
8. the tradeoff of territory or land for peace.
9. We are prepared to fight for every inch of territory.
10. They were now deep inside rebel territory.
11. They just want to return to their families in the occupied territories.
12. The tiny island nation has set aside 500,000 square kilometres—80 percent—of its maritime territory, for full protection.
13. This is a new territory for the European project.
14. That's because sharks are territorial and tend to guard their territory.
15. He would like an assurance that other forces will not move into the territory that his forces vacate.
16. That's OK between sisters but becomes dangerous territory when you're talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.
17. The conflict made it nearly impossible to track the activities of enemy tribes outside Roman territory.
18. He toured some of the disputed territories now under UN control.
19. The snail continues its march to new territory, says Serrat.
20. The territory of Nunavut consists of three regions.
21. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory.
22. Roman priorities lay in the organization, exploitation, and defense of their territory.
23. In 1990, 200,000 Soviet Jews resettled on Israeli territory.
24. For those of us coaching "self-organizing" teams: how do we navigate in this territory?
25. The new territory would extend over one-fifth of Canada's land mass.
26. I was moving into uncharted territory with this relationship.
27. Carter's fourth album definitely moves into uncharted territory.
28. Guam and American Samoa are US territories.
29. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
30. France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories.
31. So they do that to keep other frogs from invading their territory?
32. Our representatives cover a very large territory.
33. The World Cup is virgin territory for Ecuador.
34. Reading from a tedious technical brief for hours on end, he would stray into difficult territory.
35. The territory of a cat only remains fixed for as long as the cat dominates the area.
36. When you have two adversaries negotiating, you need to be on neutral territory.
37. I don't want another guy moving in on my territory, you know?
38. The whole territory is now controlled by the army.
39. Israel captured the territory in the 1967 War.
40. Mating blackbirds will defend their territory against intruders.
41. The conversation was in danger of wandering into forbidden territory.
42. If you go into a shark's territory and threaten it, it might try to bite you.
43. The government denies that any of its territory is under rebel control.
44. The agreement gives the territory limited self-rule.
45. Let's meet on neutral territory.
46. The war was carried into enemy territory.
47. This type of work is uncharted territory for us.
48. Chimps will cooperate in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect their territory.
49. If we are serious about coexisting with other species, we have to concede them territory.
50. You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.
51. We were promised safe passage through the occupied territory.
52. We were promised (a) safe passage through the occupied territory.
53. Although the Yakutians are a minority, they have firm control of the territory.