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  • plural of state.
  • present tense form of state (3rd person singular).
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Since the founding of the United States, we have built airplanes, refrigerators and Costco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

Last summer's Club World Cup, which was also hosted by the United States, had six major weather delays across the 63 matches played.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

The 15-minute spectacle will be shown on the ABC network as an initiative of France, which gifted the monument to the United States in 1886 in celebration of American independence.

From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026

By the mid-1960s, there were approximately 12,000 bowling alleys in the United States that were largely sustained by league play; they were often family businesses that were passed down over generations.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

With Maps of the Country Through Which the Routes Pass, in the Northern, Middle, and Eastern States, a book whose title was as grand and cocksure as the New World it so thrillingly described.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood



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