#nominally

Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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#countries #meaning #nominal #nominally #number

Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries. ↗

— Martin L. Gross

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#eight #employees #every #executive #federal

The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay. ↗

— George Grey

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