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lower 48 en · PROPN

Etymology

From lower + 48

Meanings

  1. (US) The contiguous continental states area of the United States, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
    • Every month, the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Centre conducts a telephone poll of at least 500 households selected to be broadly representative of the Lower 48 states. 2022 April 27, John Kemp, “Column: Global consumers balk at surging prices for durable goods”, in Mark Potter, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 May 2022, Commodities:

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Synonyms

CONUS · contiguous United States · continental United States · contiguous 48 · continental US