Middle American

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adjective

of or relating to the territories between the US and South America or their inhabitants

of or relating to the US middle class, esp those groups that are politically conservative

noun

a native or inhabitant of Middle America

a member of the US middle class

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Words nearby Middle American

middle age, middle-aged, Middle Ages, middle-age spread, Middle America, Middle American, middle artery of knee, Middle Atlantic States, middle-born, Middleborough, middlebreaker

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How to use Middle American in a sentence

Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
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The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.
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We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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