South American
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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That’s after the president announced a deal with Venezuela late Friday, saying the U.S. would help develop 17 of the South American country’s oil fields containing 65 billion barrels of proven reserves.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ungulates are hoofed mammals, although many extinct South American forms looked very different from familiar animals such as horses and deer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Conmebol, the South American confederation, said on Thursday it would not support "any action or procedure that disregards" Fifa's mechanisms before the presidential election.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Advertising revenue fell 14% and the company felt the loss of South American television operations, Telefe and Chilevision, which it divested after the Ellison takeover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even in the South American binary counting schemes, linguists see the beginnings of a quinary system.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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