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noun a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
a river in SE Michigan, flowing S from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, forming part of the boundary between the U.S. and Canada. About 32 miles (52 km) long.
the U.S. automobile industry.
Words nearby Detroit detrimental, detrition, detritivore, detritovore, detritus, Detroit , de trop, detrude, detruncate, detrusion, detrusor
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Example sentences from the Web for Detroit The fact that he was celebrating another loss for the star-crossed city of Detroit only enhances the symbolism.
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I know that Detroit is losing market share in auto sales, but how did they let the Motown sound slip out of their hands?
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Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.
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The seven-year-old Detroit girl was sleeping on the couch as her grandmother sat next to her watching television.
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And neither he, nor his secret police squad or some lawyer from Detroit , get to change that unilaterally on a whim.
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My folks went to Detroit when I was a little codger and they both died there.
Across the Mesa | Jarvis Hall
Detroit in 1760 was a picturesque, lively, and rapidly growing frontier town.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
For Clark the capture of Vincennes was to be a prelude to taking Detroit .
The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 | Virginia State Dept. of Education
On the up trip, the Governor's party met one man, who afterward proved to be a runaway thief from Detroit .
The Country of the Neutrals | James H. Coyne
As the train left Detroit one morning, Edison, as usual, went back into the first-class coach with the morning papers.
"Say Fellows--" | Wade C. Smith
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British Dictionary definitions for Detroit noun a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River: a major Great Lakes port; largest car-manufacturing centre in the world. Pop: 911 402 (2003 est)
a river in central North America, flowing along the US-Canadian border from Lake St Clair to Lake Erie
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Cultural definitions for Detroit Largest city in Michigan.
notes for Detroit As the center of automobile production, it is often referred to as the “Motor City” or “Motown.”
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