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Kettering

American  
[ket-er-ing] / ˈkɛt ər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. Charles Franklin, 1876–1958, U.S. engineer and inventor.

  2. a city in SW Ohio.


Kettering British  
/ ˈkɛtərɪŋ /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: footwear industry. Pop: 51 063 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the Kettering store, a couple of people laughed as they recounted taking their purchases through airport security only to be stopped for questioning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

That was when the 30-year-old from Kettering adopted the mantra of "shy girls don't get sweets" and she ended up three shots behind.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

But my family’s health insurance, supplied by their labor union, wouldn’t cover care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, where I had 33 radiation treatments.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

"LIVE Kettering makes a difference to the community because Kettering is quite a poor town and there isn't a lot of money around, so a lot of people, struggle financially," Denise added.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

He was ordained about the same time as the late Mr. Toller was settled at Kettering, they having closed their academical course nearly together.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

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