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Detroit

[ dih-troit ]

noun

  1. a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
  2. 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.
  3. the U.S. automobile industry.


Detroit

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noun

  1. 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)
  2. a river in central North America, flowing along the US-Canadian border from Lake St Clair to Lake Erie
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Detroit

  1. Largest city in Michigan .
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Notes

As the center of automobile production, it is often referred to as the “Motor City†or “Motown.â€
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Turns out two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell had more on his mind than the lineup of the visiting Detroit Tigers last week when he made his first start as a Dodger.

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After playing three-straight games against the Detroit Tigers last week, he said it was “getting a little stiff†near the end of the series.

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At the time, the Dodgers were on a road trip to Philadelphia and Detroit.

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Furthermore, the Midwest broadly has a history of engineering new music to dance to, as queer Black men in Detroit are often uncredited as the progenitors of techno as we understand it today.

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Detroit Lions: OT Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas — With so much money going elsewhere, the Lions have had to reshuffle along the interior of their offensive line.

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