Dayton
Americannoun
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Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
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a city in SW Ohio.
noun
Example Sentences
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An electric Tesla Semi truck crashed into two vehicles in Dayton, Nev., over the weekend, killing two people and raising questions about the truck’s safety features.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The role dates back to the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the country's ruinous ethnic conflict.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
“They would take students—third grade, fourth grade—to the Dayton Art Institute, and we would look at these 16th-century paintings and stuff like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
In the U.S. alone, that number was 135,000 people, roughly the population of Dayton, Ohio.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
He was trying to remember the date of the air show in Dayton.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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