national
Example Sentences
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“Gross national product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage,” he observed.
From Los Angeles Times
The Christmas most Americans grew up with only emerged as a national holiday in the wake of the Civil War, he said, about a decade after the formal introduction of Thanksgiving in 1863.
From Los Angeles Times
But the meaning of that decline shows up long before it appears in national reports.
From Salon
Dean Mouhtaropoulos: Living in the Netherlands, I am lucky to cover speed skating, one of our national sports, although most of it is indoors.
From BBC
The companies, controlled by Chinese nationals, would contact producers of raw tobacco and arrange for shipments to North Korea, in violation of sanctions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
