North American
Britishadjective
noun
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That raised an obvious question: Why do North American crayfish appear to stop growing at around this size when some species elsewhere in the world, including the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish, can become dramatically larger?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
“To enter into the North American countries is not a very easy thing,” Zhang said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In third place was Sony's "Resident Evil," with $8.4 million this weekend, bringing its North American total to $138.5 million.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Leyva, who became chief executive of the convenience-store giant’s North American arm in August, thinks concepts that are popular in Japan can be a hit with shoppers in the U.S. and Canada too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Europeans had no such connections to North American lands.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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