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noun
a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
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american samoa eastern samoa

part of:
samoan islands samoa
noun
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
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arsenic atomic number 33

type of:
element chemical element
adverb
to the same degree (often followed by `as')
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"birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly" "sang as sweetly as a nightingale" "he is every bit as mean as she is"

Similar:

equally every bit

Examples of as

"birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"
"sang as sweetly as a nightingale"
"he is every bit as mean as she is"