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States

British  
/ steɪts /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular or plural) an informal name for the United States of America

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He would travel to Davos only if documents on security guarantees with the United States and a prosperity plan were ready to be signed, he added.

From BBC

“This debate has been going on in the United States since before we had the United States,” said Gary Richardson, the Fed’s former in-house historian and an economist at the University of California, Irvine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ibuprofen is one of the most widely used pain relievers in the United States, commonly taken for headaches, muscle aches, and menstrual pain.

From Science Daily

A few months later, last May, when the deal was formally done, it was welcomed by the United States.

From BBC

He added that, as part of the deal, the UK had secured "an important military base" on Diego Garcia "for the UK and for our Nato allies, including the United States".

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