North American

British  

adjective

1. of or relating to North America or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North America

Example Sentences

She has also been struggling with diabilitating mental illness from a young age, and has been treated by psychiatrists in four major North American cities over three decades.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

As it stands, the fertilizer market is small, with North American companies like Nutrien, Mosaic, and CF Industries accounting for more than $50 billion in global market cap space.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The biggest risks to birds come from the climate: “Two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise,” the society reported — a threat that wind power can ameliorate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The merger would add to a wave of consolidation in the North American gold sector as miners bulk up their project pipelines and capitalize on the rising price of precious and base metals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Indigenous communities regularly used fire in multiple ways that changed the precolonial North American landscape.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz