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See also: Américas

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the Americas pl (plural only)

  1. A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.
    Synonyms: America, New World
    Hypernym: Western Hemisphere
    • 2007 January 19, Grace Glueck, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      In tracing the relationships between Western Modernism and the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, the curators took a universalist approach.
    • 2026 January 14, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe, Ian Mount, Grady McGregor, “Banks Ready Battle Plans to Save Their Credit Card Businesses”, in The New York Times[2], archived from the original on 14 January 2026:
      With Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” for the Americas in effect, that raises an important question: Does the White House have enough leverage to force the Chinese to give ground?

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