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  • 121Muller v. State of Oregon — ▪ law case       U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1908 that, although it appeared to promote the health and welfare of female workers, in fact led to additional protective legislation that was detrimental to equality in the workplace for years… …

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  • 122client state — n a country that is dependent on the support and protection of a more powerful country used in news reports …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 123client state — cli′ent state n. cvb gov a country that is dependent on a richer or more powerful country for its political, economic, or military welfare …

    From formal English to slang

  • 124client state — noun Date: 1918 a country that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another country …

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  • 125client state — a country that is dependent on a larger and more powerful country for its political, economic, or military welfare. [1915 20] * * * …

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  • 126construct state — /kon strukt/, Gram. (in Semitic languages) the inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun, with the combination expressing a genitive relationship, as Hebrew beth David house of David, where beth house of is the construct form of… …

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  • 127nonsteady-state diffusion — the diffusion condition for which there is some net accumulation or depletion of diffusing species; the diffusion flux is dependent on time …

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  • 128construct state — n. (in Semitic languages) status constructus, inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun with the combination indicating a genitive relationship …

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