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United States must be spelled out when appearing in a sentence containing the name of another country. The abbreviation U.S. will be used when preceding the word Government or the name of a Government organization, except in formal writing (treaties, Executive orders, proclamations, etc.); congressional bills; legal citations and courtwork; and covers and title pages.


 * U.S. Government
 * U.S. Congress
 * U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 * U.S. district court
 * U.S. Supreme Court (but Supreme Court of the United States)
 * U.S. Army (but Army of the United States)