Hawthorne
Americannoun
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Nathaniel, 1804–64, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
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a city in NE New Jersey.
noun
Example Sentences
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Archer recently spent more than $100 million to take over Hawthorne Municipal Airport.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Musk founded SpaceX in El Segundo, Calif., eventually moving its headquarters and rocket factory to Hawthorne, in Los Angeles County.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
SpaceX still designs and builds its rockets and satellites in Hawthorne, which it touts as “one of the few” places in the world where an entire launch vehicle or spacecraft is produced under one roof.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The department said its investigation revealed that Marquez, a Hawthorne resident, is a former boyfriend of Fernandez and waited for her near her workplace.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
His books stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of four vaultlike oak bookcases: the collected Shakespeare, Jefferson’s essays, Thoreau, Paine, Rousseau, Crevecoeur, Locke, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Dickens, Tolstoy.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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