In the earlier part of the 19th century the area which is today Minnesota was not recognized as a single entity.

It has come to be recognized as a clinical entity.

During the Republican era the two hills may have been recognized as a single entity.

The city was recognised as a political entity with its own laws.

Such an act recognized the bank as a legal entity and helped it to operate in India.

These were first recognised as a distinct entity in 1910.

It has been recognised as a distinctive entity only since the 20th century.

Unlike a personal union, the individual states share a central government and the union is recognized internationally as a single political entity.

Since medieval times the episcopal see of Rome has been recognized as a sovereign entity.

A construct should not be sufficiently self-aware to recognize changes in its status as an entity.