Newark
Americannoun
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a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay.
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a city in central Ohio.
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a town in W California.
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a city in N Delaware.
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a town in W New York.
noun
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Official name: Newark-on-Trent. a town in N central England, in Nottinghamshire. Pop: 35 454 (2001)
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a port in NE New Jersey, just west of New York City, on Newark Bay and the Passaic River: the largest city in the state; founded in 1666 by Puritans from Connecticut; industrial and commercial centre. Pop: 277 911 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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“That’s what I always wanted and that kid from Newark, New Jersey’s standing here right now.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Let’s try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport,” Duffy said at Newark Liberty International Airport last November.
From MarketWatch
“Let’s try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport,” Duffy said at Newark Liberty International Airport last November.
From MarketWatch
After a long night tossing on scratchy straw bedding, the group disembarked a few hundred miles away at Newark, New York.
From Literature
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Lucid filed a notice with the California Employment Development Department on Friday confirming the layoffs, which will affect employees at the company’s headquarters in Newark, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times
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