Americanness
Americannoun
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We also spotlight a new generation of playwrights reimagining Americanness with a sense of hope that America’s best years are still ahead of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Curious to see the effect of all that Americanness, I drove north from Naha to Makiminato, a place once dominated by American bases, off-base housing and base-adjacent businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
How can the show bring those two cultures together to really showcase her Asianness and her Americanness in equal parts?
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024
So, what seemed in the 1950s to be the epitome of wholesome Americanness had become by the turn of the 21st century simultaneously naïve and stodgy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
If other Americans reading this account should feel it true, that agreement would only mean that we are alike in our Americanness.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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