Woodstock
Americannoun
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a town in northeastern Illinois.
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a rock music festival held in August of 1969 in Bethel, N.Y., a town near Woodstock, N.Y.
noun
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The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.
The term Woodstock is now used loosely to mean a large, impromptu gathering.
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Lucy is one of the parents who attend a weekly baby class at Woodstock Library in east Belfast.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
In the sealed amber world of the Woodstock era, liberation is all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Calum Miller MP for Bicester and Woodstock, who was sent the documents by defence minister Luke Pollard, said the detail in the documents makes the need for testing "all the more urgent".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
In 2013, nine years after Pearson’s death, Rollins moved to Woodstock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Members of Jefferson Airplane onstage at Woodstock, 1969.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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