the States

Example Sentences

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Back in the States several months later I mailed her three pairs of nylon stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Asked about the first weekend at Coachella, one of her biggest opportunities in the States so far, she’s ambivalent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

My parents sent the money to a friend in Argentina to start the business in their stead while they tied up loose ends in the States.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

But he added the States of Guernsey owned airline was spending around 120% more on fuel than it had been before the outbreak of the Iran war.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

They both went to school in the States, Papi to Yale, which poor Mami always mispronounces “jail.”

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez