Americus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“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
He was with his wife during her final hours but did not appear publicly during earlier events at her alma mater, Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, and at his presidential library.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023
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
Hugh Alton Carter Jr. was born on Sept. 29, 1942, in Americus, Ga., to Ruth and Hugh A. Carter Sr. His father, a worm farmer and antiques dealer, was a Georgia state senator.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Juan de la Cosa sailed with him as pilot; Americus Vespucius was also on board, without any very clearly defined duties, but he would seem to have been astronomer to the fleet.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora
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