Detroit
Americannoun
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a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
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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.
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the U.S. automobile industry.
noun
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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)
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a river in central North America, flowing along the US-Canadian border from Lake St Clair to Lake Erie
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As the center of automobile production, it is often referred to as the “Motor City” or “Motown.”
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Workhorse Group, an industrial company based in the Detroit area, had to reschedule its third-quarter earnings call to the following week because of the outage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
There was the exchange I had in Detroit.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
"I remember talking to somebody in Detroit saying, 'fantastic publicity over here, you know we never hear anything about Formula 1 but it's on the newscasts, it's in the papers - fantastic'."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Cosm also has theaters in Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta, with a location in development for Cleveland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The search for the fugitive leaker now dominated the news—reporters even showed up at Ellsberg’s father’s house in Detroit.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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