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- noun rare An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to others who might be called
Americans .
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Examples
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I am so glad to see you dedicate this exemplar of common sense to that wonderful US American, the Canadian Robert Byers!
A Theological Perspective on Why the Sky Is Blue - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The Technology CEO Council, a Washington-based advocacy group of US American tech-companies, today released a report which revealed that the policy to end "tax breaks" announced by Obama would result in a job loss of as many as 2.2 million Americans.
India News Digest: IAF Moving Sukhoi Base to North East to Thwart Chinese Threat 2009
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Yes, I'd like to learn about history and see the culture with my own eyes, but how to go about that kind of thing w/o invoking my US American privilege?
Native Tourist Anxious Black Woman 2008
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Even Bora's interview with him didn't clear things up...but if we go by US American standards of the one drop rule - he's a person of color, nuff said.
Science, Education & Society: Race and Science Blogging - What's really going on? The Urban Scientist 2008
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The mother's final prayer for true love looks like weakness in the US American world where might and vengeance rule; looks like pure fiction from a Muslim, whom we are popularly taught understand only force and violence.
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How much of the US American publics 'minimization of the value of history do you think is orchestrated by the plutocracy which has managed to leverage most of the wealth and power in the United States?
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Thanks to a sustained effort by the moneyed interests wielding the power in the United States, a significant percentage of the US American public remains transfixed by a carefully woven tapestry of lies.
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No matter how closely an individual US American might adhere to humane principles, we are all "Little Eichmanns."
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[Excerpt from an email written by a heavily indoctrinated and reactionary US American]
Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture 2007
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Consider the words of Henry George, a US American economic and political thinker who advocated a balance of free markets, government regulation, and social programs:
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