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North American

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adjective

  1. of or relating to North America or its inhabitants

"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

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of North America

"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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In 2027, Ibeyi will embark on a North American tour, which kicks off Jan. 27 at the Fillmore in San Francisco and includes a stop at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on Jan. 29.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Now, it has come to reflect the fraught relationship between the two North American neighbours - and the pressure building on Prime Minister Mark Carney to navigate those choppy waters.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Other Taiwanese manufacturers have also concentrated operations in hubs across Texas and neighboring Mexican border cities to assemble AI chip modules and servers for North American tech giants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Meet “Gillian,” the stunning chandelier traveling with “The Phantom of the Opera” on its current North American Tour.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

That problem also derailed domestication of North American bighorn sheep, which belong to the same genus as Asiatic mouflon sheep, ancestor of our domestic sheep.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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