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Examples of country and western in a Sentence
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In the 20th century alone, jazz, country and western, rock’n’roll all emerged along with pop, rap, hip hop and so on.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
The station also plays country and western, has a Tejano music program on Saturdays and plays gospel on Sundays.
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Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
It’s also taken in recordings, books, and papers from music icons like David Byrne and journalist Jon Pareles, and reportedly holds some of the world’s biggest collections of Broadway, African, punk, jazz, country and western, folk, hip hop, and experimental recordings.
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Marah Eakin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2024
Hillbilly morphed into country and western and finally simply into country.
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Adam Bradley Justin French, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of country and western was
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“Country and western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20and%20western. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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