countries

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countries

1. Plural form of country.
   • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11: 

     But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

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