Houston

[hyoo-stuhn]

noun

1. Sam(uel), 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.

2. a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico.

Houston

/ ˈhjuːstən /

noun

1. an inland port in SE Texas, linked by the Houston Ship Canal to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway: capital of the Republic of Texas (1837–39; 1842–45); site of the Manned Spacecraft Center (1964). Pop: 2 009 690 (2003 est)

Houston

1. Largest city in Texas.

A center of the oil industry and the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Example Sentences

But these days, telling a table for two that they only have 90 minutes to eat is unappetizing, says Benjamin Berg, founder of the Berg restaurant group in Houston.

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He died early Tuesday morning after a wrong-way crash in Houston.

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One of the most famous examples of this is Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which stalled over Houston in the US.

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After going undrafted out of the University of Houston, he began his career with obscure minor-league teams, like the Black Hills Posse and Jacksonville Barracudas.

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With dual headquarters in Houston, Texas, and Tupelo, Miss., Cadence has roughly 400 locations across the South, bringing Huntington into 21 states.

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