How to Use subnational in a Sentence

subnational

adjective
  • In some cases, though, subnational gaps have narrowed substantially.
    — Amanda Montañez, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Trump tends to favor aggressive national leaders who project power, not upstart rebels or subnational challengers.
    — Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
  • This president cares little for subnational actors.
    — Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Nigeria teaches four lessons about sovereign states and subnational polities that diverge from the more-conventional models.
    — John Campbell, Quartz Africa, 3 Dec. 2020
  • These subnational governments have the ability to take timely and effective action.
    — Mary Nichols, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
  • Pressure from subnational governments can spur national actors to enact plans for getting away from coal quickly, which is what researchers emphasize is most essential at this point.
    — Camille Squires, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The main initiatives introduced by subnational governments are the establishment of film commissions, the creation of film funds, and the building of film studios.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • The subnational funds are intended primarily to support film production and in particular the filming stage.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • On a subnational level, too, leftists outside the United States have put sloganeering aside to pursue concrete goals in office and show what their ideals can look like in real life.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The third level of public funding is represented by subnational governments, which finance the production of films for economic rather than for cultural reasons.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • China differs from the countries and subnational regions that have implemented emissions trading in that its political system begets corruption.
    — Jordan McGillis, National Review, 30 Aug. 2021
  • These African agencies place greater emphasis on local-currency creditworthiness, subnational finances, and structural reforms to fill those blind spots.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • What are other examples of subnational collaborations on climate?
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Instead of writing off entire nations, development banks could channel financing to subnational jurisdictions that demonstrate resilience.
    — Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And fifth, coordinate with national, subnational, and private enterprises.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • The chance of a superpower confrontation now seemed remote, and the most urgent threats seemed to come from the dispersion of former Soviet nuclear materials and expertise to other countries or subnational groups.
    — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Apart from China, which has long engaged with armed groups along its shared border, Myanmar’s other neighbors are wary that developing deeper relationships with subnational administrations could draw the ire of the junta.
    — Richard Horsey, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2024
  • Luckily for the Gigaton Challenge, Emergent already acts as a middleman between the countries or subnational jurisdictions that sell offsets and the companies that want to buy them.
    — Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • After a vigorous lobbying campaign, Congress adopted a half measure, disallowing sales taxes but retaining the deductibility of other subnational levies.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One goal of attending is to emphasize the role that subnational governments, like states and provinces, can play in advancing climate policy, said Lauren Sanchez, Newsom’s senior adviser for climate.
    — Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 29 Oct. 2021
  • European Jewish communities were run as corporate subnational entities before their liberation in the wake of the Enlightenment.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2011
  • The state will also launch an international climate partnership among subnational jurisdictions with similar Mediterranean climates and will participate in a local climate action summit.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • To prevent another devastating loss of lives and livelihoods, Guinea coordinated substantial improvements to its health security at national and subnational levels.
    — Precious Matsoso, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • From a purely environmental perspective, subnational governments and governors must balance competing interests that do not always align with environmentalists’ ideals.
    — Mary Nichols, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
  • Both Taiwan and China have a history of engaging with subnational players, although there has been no suggestion from political players that Taipei has influenced the call for an independence referendum.
    — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In Latin America, several municipal green bonds for water and infrastructure projects succeeded only because subnational development banks built bespoke assessments.
    — Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Chair Lewis has over 25 years of leadership experience in international affairs, legal, public policy, business and regulatory affairs, and subnational diplomacy.
    — Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Governors and mayors, the public and private sector, civil society and multilateral organizations will come together to champion subnational collaboration, mobilize financing for local climate projects and build the local innovations already driving global progress.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025

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