: of or relating to a strict sect of Mennonites who were followers of Amman and settled in America chiefly in the 18th century
Amish
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Perhaps the thriftiness of southern Pennsylvania, the Amish influence, would pervade.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
The genetic variant common in the Amish community produces an inactive form of PAI-1.
—science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, the Hardin County Common Pleas Court granted a temporary restraining order, according to Cory Anderson, a sociologist who studies Amish communities and has worked on the case.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Nowhere is this human, communal interaction more apparent than with Amish children.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
The genetic variant common in the Amish community produces an inactive form of PAI-1.
—science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
Last month, the Hardin County Common Pleas Court granted a temporary restraining order, according to Cory Anderson, a sociologist who studies Amish communities and has worked on the case.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Nowhere is this human, communal interaction more apparent than with Amish children.
—Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Amish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Amish. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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