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Anglosphere

British  
/ ˈæŋɡləʊˌsfɪə /

noun

  1. a group of English-speaking countries that share common roots in British culture and history, usually the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Christmas has not faced any organized threat in the Anglosphere since, though traditions like wassailing and installing a boy bishop have largely faded away, to be replaced by newer practices like spilling eggnog on an ugly sweater and accumulating credit card debt.

From Salon

While staunch Anglosphere allies Australia and the United Kingdom appear firmly in sync with U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific, several other regional democracies courted by Washington are far more conflicted.

From Washington Times

"Each written in English, they demonstrate what an abundance of Englishes there are, how many distinct worlds, real and imaginary, exist in that simple-seeming space, the Anglosphere," MacGregor said.

From BBC

Partly, that is, because of an in-built French resistance to any intellectual invader from the "Anglosphere".

From BBC

Panic buttons lit up throughout the Anglosphere, recalling previous fears that the church’s roof would become a swimming pool or a car park.

From Washington Post