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- not comparableOf or pertaining to Andrew Carnegie or his legacy.
It was not until the Carnegian sunburst of steel in the eighties that the day of millions dawned.
1912, Isaac F. Marcosson, “The Millionaire Yield of Pittsburgh”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 46, page 7832 more examples
It is due to Carnegian enterprise, more than to any other one cause, that the United States is now producing two-fifths of all the iron and steel in the world.
1907, Herbert N. Casson, “An Estimate of Andrew Carnegie”, in The Independent, volume 62, page 848A typically Carnegian feature of the Endowment's inter-American cultural program was the gift of collections of standard works on the history, literature, and politics of the United States, and on other subjects.
1967, Samuel Flagg Bemis, The Latin American Policy of the United States, An Historical Interpretation, page 322
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