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Example sentences for: commonwealth

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If Puerto Rico's commonwealth status becomes more permanent, advocates say that citizenship and economic assistance will, as well.
With the passage of the Single Audit Act in 1984, the Commonwealth of Virginia had to produce and have audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) for the first time.
Congress governed the Caribbean island directly as a territory until 1952, when it expanded Puerto Rican autonomy by making it a "commonwealth," allowing it to adopt a constitution and create a locally elected government with statelike powers.
Following a constitutional conference in London, the Bahamas became fully independent on July 10, 1973, and is now a member of the United Nations and the British Commonwealth.
one of the 48 contiguous States, Alaska, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; or