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English Wikipedia has an article on:lower 48Wikipedia

Etymology

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From lower +‎ 48 (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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the lower 48

1. (US, geography) The contiguous continental states area of the United States, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
   • 2022 April 27, John Kemp, “Column: Global consumers balk at surging prices for durable goods”, in Mark Potter, editor, Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 16 May 2022, Commodities:Every month, the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Centre conducts a telephone poll of at least 500 households selected to be broadly representative of the Lower 48 states.

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• (area of the United States):, contiguous 48, contiguous United States, continental United States, continental US, CONUS

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