The philosopher defended the night-watchman state as the only morally permissible form of government.

After the accident, doctors declared him to be in a persistive vegetative state, and the family faced difficult decisions about his care.

The non state actor negotiated with local leaders to coordinate relief efforts after the flood.

A non-state actor provided humanitarian aid after the disaster despite having no formal governmental mandate.

The report criticized the state owned enterprise for underperforming despite receiving substantial government subsidies.

The design team used a finite state machine to manage the user interface's different modes.

After listening to the mentor's talk, I finally understood that poor is a state of mind and not a permanent condition.

As the old proverb goes, 'poorness is a state of mind', he reminded himself when deciding what truly mattered.

During the road trip, they drove from Boston into the New York state to visit Niagara Falls.

She was appointed to a great office of state following the general election.