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  e pluribus unum

  out of many, one: motto of the U.S., appearing on most U.S. currency and on the Great Seal of the United States.
• E pluribus unum
  E pluribus unum

  A motto of the United States; Latin for “Out of many, one.” It refers to the Union formed by the separate states. E pluribus unum was adopted as a national motto in 1776 and is now found on the Great Seal of the United States and on United States currency.

e pluribus unum

American  

[e ploo-ri-boos oo-noom, ee ploor-uh-buhs yoo-nuhm] / ɛ ˈplu rɪˌbʊs ˈu nʊm, ˈi ˈplʊər ə bəs ˈju nəm /

Latin.

1. out of many, one: motto of the U.S., appearing on most U.S. currency and on the Great Seal of the United States.

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e pluribus unum British  

/ eɪ ˈplʊərɪbʊs ˈuːnʊm /

1. one out of many: the motto of the USA

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E pluribus unum Cultural  

1. A motto of the United States; Latin for “Out of many, one.” It refers to the Union formed by the separate states. E pluribus unum was adopted as a national motto in 1776 and is now found on the Great Seal of the United States and on United States currency.

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Example Sentences

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e pluribus unum E pluribus unum

“Each of these adventurers has their own story, but together they represent our creed: e pluribus unum, out of many one,” Nelson said in introducing the crew.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

But to certain readers, the ideal of e pluribus unum cut the other way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2021

America is exceptional because it was launched with a dream to take the diverse many and make them one — e pluribus unum.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2019

And its performance, then and now, was about disparate individuals forging something together— e pluribus unum — in a participatory democracy in which each member’s choices affected all the others.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2015

The people may some day awake to the notion That statesmen can tamper too much with the law, And send them to regions less genial than Goshen; Sic semper e pluribus unum go bragh!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 by Various

E pluribus unum: We are one people with many roots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

E pluribus unum, the motto of the United States, is so fundamental that it’s printed on our currency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

"Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, each of these adventurers has their own story. But together, they represent our creed: E pluribus unum — out of many, one," said Nelson.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 3, 2023

It’s also reflected in our original national motto, coined by the founders: E pluribus unum — out of many, one.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2018

E pluribus unum is scarcely more familiar to our ears than "He builded better than he knew," and Keats's "thing of beauty" is little better known than Emerson's "beauty is its own excuse for being."

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge