How to Use extraterritorial in a Sentence

extraterritorial

adjective
  • That court ruled there is a presumption against extraterritorial reach.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2017
  • White said much of the growth is just outside the city limits, in what’s known as the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The law is also extraterritorial, meaning it can be applied to anyone in any country.
    — The Economist, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Of these, fewer than half a dozen are in a position to pursue extraterritorial cases.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
  • The state is the only one with extraterritorial areas for police services outside of city limits.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 11 July 2023
  • The global body has a special extraterritorial status that may exempt it from national health measures.
    — Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • As a corollary to this assertive approach is a readiness to insist on China’s extraterritorial reach.
    — Steve Tsang, TIME, 11 May 2024
  • The country whose government most actively enforces its extraterritorial law against foreign bribery is a vast haven for illicit wealth.
    — Alexandra Wrage, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • China’s economic and diplomatic clout has meant that few countries are willing or able to do much to challenge its extraterritorial legal maneuvers.
    — Steven Lee Myers and Chris Horton, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The tract, which is in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, will be part of the Clearion development.
    — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That said, there are limits on extraterritorial taxation in the domestic context that don’t exist in the international sphere.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The property is split between the extraterritorial jurisdictions of the cities of Conroe and Willis.
    — Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2019
  • But Lee insisted that extraterritorial power exists in the security laws of many countries.
    — Kanis Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • Two data centers are proposed in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
  • The incident appears to be a test case for the extraterritorial reach of the controversial national security law, which was implemented in Hong Kong one year ago.
    — Jane Li, Quartz, 7 June 2021
  • The move quickly drew criticism from the US and British governments, which took issue with the extraterritorial application of the security law.
    — Kanis Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • The new law also contains abroad extraterritorial reach – meaning that their laws apply to anyone in the world, even those who have never gone near Hong Kong – and authorities have wasted no time in putting the provision to practice.
    — Fox News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Tomball’s annexation takes the property, which is also known as the Willow Cree campus, out of the city of Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
    — Mayra Cruz, Houston Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • Azerbaijan argues that this means that the corridor should not be part of Armenia (nor Azerbaijan) but be extraterritorial, controlled by neutral forces, such as Russian border guards.
    — Jack Nasher, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Though Chinese officials denounce America as a bully with a long reach, some scholars wonder whether China might one day begin issuing more extraterritorial judgments of its own.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • His case, however, has been cited by Russian politicians and pro-Kremlin news media outlets as a prime example of the brazen use of extraterritorial powers by the United States.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In 2021, two new laws on data security asserted the extraterritorial reach of the Chinese state over any data on Chinese citizens anywhere in the world.
    — Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The property was formerly part of Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In 1943, the United States and Britain signed treaties relinquishing extraterritorial rights in China.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • There were questions raised over whether Dietrich’s sign was in compliance with local regulations in Grifton and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, which is where Dietrich lives.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The City Council last week approved the final reading of an ordinance that will establish a media production development zone in the city limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
    — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Inspiration is on a site outside of the jurisdictions of any city, in an extraterritorial jurisdiction, allowing the development to set its own standards instead of following a city’s code, Gigliotti said.
    — Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • At that time, Beall’s 321 acres were in Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, a zone of control that extends five miles past the city limits.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The 5,200 acres are in Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdiction in Parker and Tarrant counties.
    — Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Last year, a member of France’s parliament wrote a report that addressed the issue, arguing that France needed to develop legal tools to protect its companies from laws in other countries that target extraterritorial conduct.
    — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 12 June 2020

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