The processor stalled because of multiple wait states during memory access.

Philosophers debated whether absolute states could exist independently of observation.

The campaign focused its efforts on swing states during the final weeks before the election.

Rydberg states are extremely sensitive to external electric fields, which makes them powerful tools for quantum sensing experiments.

Political analysts examined the voting patterns in bellwether states to forecast the national outcome.

During the Cold War, several Eastern European satellite states aligned with the Soviet Union despite local opposition.

Some Canadians jokingly call the Excited States a place of overblown patriotism.

The Free States convened an emergency summit to coordinate disaster relief across the region.

Several patients in the study reported vivid memories while in Esdaile states during the anesthesia trials.

Several neighboring kingdoms became tributary states after losing the decisive battle.