Sentence examples for americas from inspiring English sources
"Americas" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to the two continents of North and South America. For example, "The Americas are home to a wide variety of plants and animals."
proper noun
North America and South America taken together (usually the Americas).
This episode is the first written by Richard Price, and kicks of with a demonstration of the two Americas – a favoured Simon thesis.
Sometimes a firm hand is needed for diplomacy to work in the defence of democracy and liberties.Jaime Bermúdez Former minister of foreign affairs Luis Guillermo Plata Former minister of trade Bogotá* SIR - Sometimes it is easier to ascribe actions to sinister purposes, even when the facts lead elsewhere ("Just collecting the rent, really", Americas view, December 22nd).
Senators hope to pass their version of a bill before the summer recess, though it could still be rejected.Drug thoughtsThe foreign ministers of the Organisation of American States agreed to "encourage the consideration of new approaches to the world drug problem in the Americas", which some countries take to include legalisation of marijuana.
Our sister blog, Americas view, published a post on the lovers' tiff.
"Elizabeth Taylor was the last great movie star, the queen of Hollywood," explained Jonathan Rendell, deputy chairman of Christie's Americas.
Erdogan, a pious Muslim who has been in power for more than a decade, stirred up controversy on Saturday when he claimed that Muslims discovered the Americas in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus.
For those who want to dig deeper into some of the Americas stories that made this week's newspaper, a selection of background material:Latin America's constitutions: This excellent paper by Gabriel Negretto looks at the relationship between amending and replacing constitutions.
A tiny minority of Muslim scholars have recently suggested a prior Muslim presence in the Americas, although no pre-Columbian ruin of an Islamic structure has ever been found.
A strong conventional oil and gas performance across the board and more modest growth in the clean energy and environment and infrastructure markets in the Americas are expected to offset reduced oil sands revenue and softening demand in the mining market, and in Australia more generally.
It strains credibility to suggest that it's all because McGee is a deal-doing kinda guy at a moment when the head of Barclays Americas should be a specialist in regulation.
I've witnessed all of this and more on the shores of Asia, Africa and the Americas, but I've also seen and felt their loss too often in too many places.
