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- proper noun US Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
- proper noun US The
south -eastern states of theUnited States , including more or less the same states as formed the Confederacy. - proper noun The southern part of any region.
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Examples
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UNHCR spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, says the agency expects many more people currently living in the North will go south in the months following the referendumMany of these returnees we note have lived in the North for years and say they have to leave for fear of the unknown and to start afresh in their native South.
Many Sudanese Leave North For South Ahead Of Sunday’s Vote 2011
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UNHCR spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, says the agency expects many more people currently living in the North will go south in the months following the referendumMany of these returnees we note have lived in the North for years and say they have to leave for fear of the unknown and to start afresh in their native South.
Many Sudanese Leave North For South Ahead Of Sunday’s Vote 2011
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He explains to these wide-eyed young women who are eager to dress up in period costume and "role play" that there is a huge movement to rid the south of all forms of slavery -- something the South is 'unfairly' being blamed for.
White Washing and Dressing Up History: Grooming Southern Belles For The Tea-Party Movement Molly Secours 2010
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He explains to these wide-eyed young women who are eager to dress up in period costume and "role play" that there is a huge movement to rid the south of all forms of slavery -- something the South is 'unfairly' being blamed for.
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Throw in the incredible artistry of four women who have the dirt, sweetness, and sweat of the south in their bones, along with songwriting abilities that summon aching memories of the pain, triumph and anguish of the South, and the profound becomes tangible -- the impossible, possible.
Mary Chapin Carpenter Returns to the Stage to Honor Eudora Welty 2009
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When King and his allies returned to the south, they left Jesse Jackson, a seminary student who had previously joined the movement in the South, in charge of their organization.
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Just as commerce and housing has developed along major highways like Route 128 in Boston or I-50 in the south, many mid-size cities would expand or undergo renewal along high speed rail corridors in California, the Upper Mid-West, and parts of the Northeast and South.
Derek Shearer: After The Stimulus: It's Time for a New Foundation 2009
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But the fact that the Obama administration is ordering, you know, two Marine brigades and a striker brigade into the south, that doesn't suggest they're going -- they're not the kind of units that are going to go in, and it's going to be a very tough fight in the South.
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Farther to the south in this current the salinity decreases again, as the water is there mixed with fresher water from the South.
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Throw in the incredible artistry of four women who have the dirt, sweetness, and sweat of the south in their bones, along with songwriting abilities that summon aching memories of the pain, triumph and anguish of the South, and the profound becomes tangible -- the impossible, possible.
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Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”.
Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang Eva Corlett 2024
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