Used in a Sentence

america

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for america.

Editorial note

More generally, someone democratic needs to challenge America once in a while, arguably for America's own health.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A country in North America; in full, United States of America.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of america gathered in one view.

noun

A country in North America; in full, United States of America.

noun

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas.

noun

A female given name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for america.

noun

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas.

Example sentences

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More generally, someone democratic needs to challenge America once in a while, arguably for America's own health.

2

Recall that it is not obvious that revenue earned in a country that is not America should be taxed by America.

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The wider point is that not everyone agrees with America, yet by virtue of the dollar's dominance, and America's military dominance, America can force anyone to accept its point of view.

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Serving sizes also tend to be much smaller in most parts of Asia, compared to America anyways.

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But then again, serving sizes in America tend to be much larger than most other parts of the world.

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Turns out that Corporate America is really bad at recruiting, thanks to poor technology investment decisions.

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NGP VAN has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc.

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Yeah, ~500 people have been killed by police in America so far this year.

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They spend more cement in a year then america did in 100!

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Why can't I move to America to meet my friends?

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I don't think America is the land of opportunity, unless you count the children of the rich who were shuttled into Ivy Leagues as those with opportunity.

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The dollar's dominance is not america's fault, it's literally everyone else's:) America has not militarily imposed it's will on france or any other european nation that i'm aware of in the recent past so i'm not sure you can really claim america forcing y'all to their point of view on that one.

Quote examples

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Here, your argument is even weaker because it is essentially "we give america power, and they use it".

2

Like television, we'll need the "Hee-Haws" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" as entertainment for the masses.

3

There are many more well known nouns called Columbia than just the university, but amusingly the very first sentence on Wikipedia reads "'Columbia' is a frequent misspelling of Colombia, a large country in South America.

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"Recall that it is not obvious that revenue earned in a country that is not America should be taxed by America." Hey, remember that time when france tried to tax all the Google revenue not earned in france by claiming google ireland has a permanent establishment in france (and then claims google owes it a billion in tax when the max google possibly earned was a total of 237 million in google france?)?

Proper noun examples

1

It's time to face facts: San Francisco is spectacularly mismanaged and arguably the worst-run big city in America.

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We built the voter contact and volunteer management tools used by Obama for America.

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It certainly doesn't appear to be the case that America's federal administration has anything but sycophantic praise for everything that Silicon Valley does.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use america in a sentence?

More generally, someone democratic needs to challenge America once in a while, arguably for America's own health.

What does america mean?

A country in North America; in full, United States of America.

What part of speech is america?

america is commonly used as noun.