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Daytona Beach

American

[dey-toh-nuh] / deɪˈtoʊ nə /

noun

a city in NE Florida: seashore resort.

Daytona Beach British

/ deɪˈtəʊnə /

noun

a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Flagged transactions made on the public dime include beer-can coolers in Daytona Beach, stuffed flounder in Elizabeth City, N.C., and Costco groceries in Connecticut.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

By 14:00 BST on 8 April just three bulk carriers - NJ Earth, Daytona Beach and Hai Long 1 - had passed through the strait since the ceasefire was announced late on Tuesday night.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

After graduating and spending two months stacking cases of beer, he decided to become a pilot and enrolled in flight school in Daytona Beach, Fla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Kristianson was first arrested in Kansas in 2022 and extradited to Daytona Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

The black boy is born in Daytona Beach, Florida, and his mother abandons him at the age of two.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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