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  e pluribus unum

  out of many, one: motto of the U.S., appearing on most U.S. currency and on the Great Seal of the United States.
• E pluribus unum
  E pluribus unum

  A motto of the United States; Latin for “Out of many, one.” It refers to the Union formed by the separate states. E pluribus unum was adopted as a national motto in 1776 and is now found on the Great Seal of the United States and on United States currency.

e pluribus unum

American  

[e ploo-ri-boos oo-noom, ee ploor-uh-buhs yoo-nuhm] / ɛ ˈplu rɪˌbʊs ˈu nʊm, ˈi ˈplʊər ə bəs ˈju nəm /

Latin.

1. out of many, one: motto of the U.S., appearing on most U.S. currency and on the Great Seal of the United States.

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e pluribus unum British  

/ eɪ ˈplʊərɪbʊs ˈuːnʊm /

1. one out of many: the motto of the USA

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E pluribus unum Cultural  

1. A motto of the United States; Latin for “Out of many, one.” It refers to the Union formed by the separate states. E pluribus unum was adopted as a national motto in 1776 and is now found on the Great Seal of the United States and on United States currency.

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Example Sentences

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e pluribus unum E pluribus unum

“Each of these adventurers has their own story, but together they represent our creed: e pluribus unum, out of many one,” Nelson said in introducing the crew.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

It’s an e pluribus unum of diversity spoken in a map made in a shared digital language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

“Alone, each of these candidates certainly has the right stuff, but together, they represent exactly the creed of our country — e pluribus unum — out of many, one,” Mr. Nelson added.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

But to certain readers, the ideal of e pluribus unum cut the other way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2021

Time was when the nations beheld thee and trembled, Though now they assure us they don't care a straw For wrath which they say is but poorly dissembled; Sic semper e pluribus unum go bragh!

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 by Various

E pluribus unum: We are one people with many roots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, each of these adventurers has their own story. But together, they represent our creed: E pluribus unum — out of many, one," said Nelson.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 3, 2023

I think of her as the E pluribus unum artist, making the national motto — out of many, one — visually and materially manifest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

“Up to that point, it had been E pluribus unum – ‘from many, one’ – which was a much better motto.”

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2019

E pluribus unum is scarcely more familiar to our ears than "He builded better than he knew," and Keats's "thing of beauty" is little better known than Emerson's "beauty is its own excuse for being."

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge