Appleton
Americannoun
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Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.
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a city in E Wisconsin.
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"It's not about eating less sweet food to reduce obesity levels," Professor Appleton said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
I have lived and rented in the Appleton area for seven years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Zak Gravunder, a longtime Appleton resident, bought his modest two-bedroom home in 2019 for $138,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
He has three other children - two sons from his marriages to actress Patsy Kensit and singer Nicole Appleton, and another daughter from his relationship with US journalist Liza Ghorbani.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
The lower Fox runs between high, noble banks, and with frequent rapids, past Neenah, 23 Menasha, Appleton, and other busy manufacturing cities, down to Green Bay, hoary with age and classic in her shanty ruins.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
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