manifest destiny
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Its coasts were settled separately, unlike the broad settler-driven western expansion of America’s manifest destiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Tucked into his speech was a mention of the 19th Century doctrine of "manifest destiny" – the idea that the US was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the continent, spreading American ideals.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
When Borglum orchestrated the first dedication of Mount Rushmore in 1925, the emphasis was on “Empire,” on manifest destiny.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
It always struck me that Deion Sanders chose Colorado for the next phase of his manifest destiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
But because ambition succeeds best when disguised by virtue, he wanted to furnish the Alliance with an animating ideology—a manifest destiny, as it were, or mission civilisatrice.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
