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Americus

American  
[uh-mer-i-kuhs] / əˈmɛr ɪ kəs /

noun

  1. a city in SW central Georgia.


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“Even though they’re calorically the same thing, there’s a completely different story that’s being told,” said Americus Reed II, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

“Outrage comes and goes, and so do boycotts,” University of Pennsylvania marketing professor Americus Reed wrote in the New York Times in 2017.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025

While a sophomore at Georgia Southwestern, then a junior college in nearby Americus, she was captivated by a photograph of Jimmy Carter in his U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

“You feel a certain way about this particular person who’s iconic in your life for various reasons,” said Americus Reed II, a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

He returned to Spain in February, 1500, where he had been preceded by Americus Vespucius and B. Roldan on the 18th of October, 1499.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh

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