US of America

English

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Proper noun

the US of America

  1. Abbreviation of United States of America.
    • 1977 April 18, Stan Margulies, interview by Quincy Troupe, Los Angeles, Calif.: David Wolper Collection, University of Southern California, pages 34–35; quoted in Matthew F. Delmont, “Producing Roots”, in Making Roots: A Nation Captivated, Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, 2016, →ISBN, page 104:
      I felt that we would all be better off if we could tell the story through the person of a sophisticated, intelligent, worldly citizen of the US of America in 1977—that we’d understand him in a minute because he is obviously one of us, and if we liked him we could then go into his story.
    • 1995, V.V. Veeder, “The UNIDROIT Rome Draft 1936”, in Martin Hunter, Arthur Marriott, V.V. Veeder, editors, The Internationalisation of International Arbitration: The LCIA Centenary Conference, London: Graham & Trotman/Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, part A (The Changing Perspective: The Last 100 Years), “Two Arbitral Butterflies: Bramwell and David” section, page 19:
      We may note three particular features in the composition of this Special Committee. First, it included no representative from the US of America.
    • 2016, William Joyce, “CHARGE!!!”, in Ollie’s Odyssey, Moonbot Books; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 261:
      Billy had to remind himself of the little bit of history he knew about teddy bears. They were invented way back in horse times in honor of a real president of the US of America named Teddy Roosevelt, []
    • 2017, L. Marie, “Lex Bailey”, in When Loyalty Is Lost, [United States]: Natavia Presents, →ISBN:
      I didn’t have a father that would protect me from the evils of the world. Well, I had one, but he was summoned to provide his time elsewhere. Not for any prestigious military branch that so proudly served the US of America, but for the department of corrections.