American
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants.
an American citizen.
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of or relating to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere.
the American continents.
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of or relating to the Indigenous peoples of North and South America.
noun
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Americans
plural
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a citizen of the United States of America.
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a native or inhabitant of North or South America.
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an Indigenous person of North or South America.
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a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.
adjective
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of or relating to the United States of America, its inhabitants, or their form of English
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of or relating to the American continent
noun
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a native or citizen of the US
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a native or inhabitant of any country of North, Central, or South America
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the English language as spoken or written in the United States
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American Electric Power plans to invest about $4 billion in a Wyoming fuel cell project to meet growing energy demand from Google.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Stateside listeners will be delighted to learn that the edition concludes with “Watching the Detectives,” the searing track that was appended to the American release.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
Australia's Alex de Minaur, along with American pair Taylor Fritz and Learner Tien, were also earmarked to play.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It later lifted sanctions against Venezuela's central bank and its state-owned national airline Conviasa too, in a series of moves to build ties with the oil-rich Latin American giant.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Barnum’s American Museum is on the left topped by the American flag.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Nearly half of Americans with young children at home live close to family members who can help, the company said, and this proximity has a significant financial impact.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Chinese automakers are building American-style cars—just not for Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
So while sticker prices are rising less quickly than they once did, they still register to many Americans as unacceptably high.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
The 46-year-old, like many Americans, is juggling how to provide for her family with rising costs of, as she described it, "everything".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
With the Cold War going on, Americans began to fear for their safety.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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