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among

[ uh-muhng ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
He was among friends.
in the midst of, so as to influence:
missionary work among the local people.
with a share for each of:
Divide the cigars among you.
in the number, class, or group of; of or out of:
That is among the things we must do.
by all or with the whole of; by most or with many of:
popular among the people.
by the joint or reciprocal action of:
Settle it among yourselves.
each with the other; mutually:
They quarreled among themselves.
familiar to or characteristic of:
a proverb among the Spanish.

among

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preposition

in the midst of
he lived among the Indians
to each of
divide the reward among yourselves
in the group, class, or number of
ranked among the greatest writers
taken out of (a group)
he is only one among many
with one another within a group; by the joint action of
decide it among yourselves
a lot of gossip among the women employees

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Word History and Origins

Origin of among¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English amang, onmang for on gemang, on gemonge (dative singular of gemong “crowd,” akin to mengan “to mix”) “in (the) group (of)”; akin to mingle

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Word History and Origins

Origin of among¹

Old English amang, contracted from on gemang in the group of, from on + gemang crowd; see mingle , mongrel

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Example Sentences

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For years, the U.S. also denied responsibility for Agent Orange cleanup, despite the recognition of dioxin-associated illnesses among U.S. veterans and testing that revealed continuing dioxin exposure among potentially tens of thousands of Vietnamese.

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That all has been enough to cement Lautaro's place among Inter's legends, but the 27-year-old is aiming for more as he heads to the Camp Nou on Wednesday to face Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

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"Two children were among those killed."

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When Lincoln Riley was hired by USC in the fall of 2021, he brought four staffers with him on the plane from Norman, Okla. Among them was Bennie Wylie, who’d spent the previous four years as Riley’s strength and conditioning coach at Oklahoma.

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Gertz confirmed that the ranch — situated in an agricultural zone about 37 miles outside Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city — had operated as a training and operations hub for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, among Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicates.

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