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Granite City

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noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.


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Residents of the Granite City finally glimpsed the sun late on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Granite City, located near St. Louis, has the capacity to produce about 3 million tons of sheet steel annually, but has operated below that volume for most of the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The Granite City previously hosted the tall ships in 1991 and 1997.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

“Hope Clinic in Granite City, Iliinois, just across the river from St. Louis, continues to see the vast majority of their patients traveling from out of state, most of them from Missouri,” Shariyf said.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

It was short, perhaps, but one of the most sensational ever held in the Granite City, as the next chapter will prove.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon

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