(as) American as apple pie

idiom

: very or typically American
Baseball is as American as apple pie.

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Recent Examples on the Web Getting high—and overdosing—is after all, as American as apple pie. Zachary Siegel, Scientific American, 9 July 2024 While there's supposedly nothing as American as apple pie, the popular pie has some competition. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 And if Americans fail to tackle this issue in the years ahead, tribalism may become an entrenched part of our political system—a tradition as American as apple pie. Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2019 Who knows: Perhaps sake could soon be as American as apple pie. Shana Clarke, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for (as) American as apple pie 

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