Cincinnati
Americannoun
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a city in SW Ohio, on the Ohio River.
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Bowling Slang. a split in which the eight and ten pins remain standing.
noun
Example Sentences
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Cava opened 20 net new restaurants during the quarter, including new market entries across the Midwest in Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; and St. Louis, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Massie and Gallrein are running in a safely Republican congressional district shaped like a bat, centered around the Cincinnati suburbs south of the Ohio River.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
The 38-year-old forward thought he had scored the 61st hat-trick of his career late on, but the MLS attributed the 89th-minute strike as an own goal by Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1938, Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III went to a military boarding school in Tennessee, and then attended Brown University, but was expelled before graduating.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
She bounces off the couch and over to the orange-and-blue FC Cincinnati mini soccer ball against the wall in the corner and starts juggling it with her feet.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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