Huntington
Americannoun
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Collis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.
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Samuel, 1731–96, U.S. statesman: governor of Connecticut 1786–96.
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a city in W West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
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a city in NE Indiana.
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a male given name: from an Old English family name, meaning “hunting estate.”
Example Sentences
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Scenes like this replicated themselves across Southern California after the match, from Koreatown to Boyle Heights to Pacoima to Huntington Park — really, anywhere with a big Latino population.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Since that incident, Comstock said, she takes her daughters only to places like the Huntington or Descanso Gardens that require membership to be admitted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
“Most of the middle class is at 22% now,” said Craig Ferrantino, an adviser in Huntington, N.Y.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Thornton, 22, launched the Huntington Beach defense tech startup in 2023 after dropping out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied aerospace engineering.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Stuck in Huntington, Elizebeth was—as she later put it—“beginning to realize what it meant to be a champion swimmer stranded in the Sahara.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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