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fnord123 on March 3, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Leaked doc shows how big companies buy credit card...

>millions of Americans

I always want to ask... does this mean people living in the US or US citizens? because the meaning sounds like its limited to citizens but I'm almost positive any stats that say 'Americans' means 'people in America'.

kube-system on March 3, 2020 [–]

'American' doesn't necessarily mean citizen. It can be used to describe people simply living in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/American

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