Lake Michigan
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Third largest of the Great Lakes and largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States.
Example Sentences
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That plant is known as Palisades and sits just off Lake Michigan.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
That area is about two thirds the size of Lake Michigan.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
For a moment, I felt myself transported, like a gale off Lake Michigan had carried us all back through time.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
Exploiting a series of portages linking Lake Michigan and local rivers, they paddled their canoes from Canada’s Atlantic shore to the Gulf of Mexico and as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
In a way, it reminded her of Lake Michigan when they lived in Chicago, with a city view in one direction and a tranquil spread of water in the other.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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