Chilean
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The Chilean copper miner said Wednesday that it produced 143,000 metric tons of copper in the first three months of the year, an 8% decline from the same period a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The title of the Chilean protest song pretty much speaks for itself of our divisively troubled age.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The Chilean government said surveillance systems and obstacles would also be installed to deter crossings.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
It is Latin America's turn next for the top UN job and two other candidates are running: former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, and Rafael Grossi, the Argentinian head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Or even earlier than that—the Chilean site had suggestive evidence of artifacts more than thirty thousand years old.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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