ADJECTIVE
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples
NOUN
- a native or inhabitant of North America
How To Use North American In A Sentence
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- The overall statistics include 185 progeny sired by North American stallions that were foaled abroad.
- Due to current economic conditions and overcapacity for LDPE in the North American marketplace, Dow Chemical is to close its Poly 2 LDPE plant in Freeport , Texas.
- In October, the retailer said it would shut 21% of its namesake North American stores over the next two years, coming to terms with the overextension of its store network before the recession and predictions that U.S. growth will be slow. Gap's Profit Falls 36%
- With its unique silhouette of a wild, North American member of the Bovidae. Grouse Diary Entry
- Smurfit is the second-largest North American maker of containerboard and corrugated boxes behind International Paper Co. Containerboard is made from trees or recycled containerboard. Smurfit Deal Is Set
- Phylogeny, cytology, ethnobotany, conservation biology, and infraspecific taxa are all reasons why a revision of the North American species of Apios was needed.
- North American deciduous tree (Ulmus americana) having double serrate leaves and winged fruits. It is grown chiefly as an ornamental shade tree but often dies from Dutch elm disease.
- The patch - painted to depict a North American Indian mythical half-eagle, half-hawk thunderbird - is hallowed ground.
- North American sales account for 40% of the worldwide market.