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federal

B2Academic AWL-6Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈfedərəl/US /ˈfedərəl/
adjective

having a system of government in which the individual states of a country have control over their own affairs, but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc.

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Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
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I think PayPal had, at its height, probably 30 engineers for a system that's—I would say—is more sophisticated than the Federal Reserve clearing system.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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