Bloomington

[ bloo-ming-tuhn ]

/ ˈblu mɪŋ tən /

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noun

a city in SE Minnesota.

a city in S Indiana.

a city in central Illinois.

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Words nearby Bloomington

Bloomfieldian, blooming, Bloomingdale, blooming mill, blooming oil, Bloomington, Bloomsburg, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsday, bloomy

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How to use Bloomington in a sentence

A group formed to counter the mandate, the IU Family for Choice, not Mandates, held a rally on the Bloomington campus this month.
Indiana University students sue over coronavirus vaccine mandate|Susan Svrluga|June 23, 2021|Washington Post
In 2006, at the age of 20, a junior at Indiana University Bloomington’s prestigious conservatory could barely pick up her viola.
Meditation isn’t always calming. For a select few, it may lead to psychosis.|Claire Maldarelli|June 21, 2021|Popular-Science
The team is scheduled to travel Friday to Indiana, where every NCAA tournament game is taking place across six venues, including Assembly Hall in Bloomington for Virginia and Ohio.
No new positive coronavirus tests for Virginia as it waits for NCAA tournament clearance|Gene Wang|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
Archie Miller has been on the hot seat seemingly since his arrival in Bloomington, and Tuesday’s discouraging loss to Michigan State can’t help, but the Hoosiers might slip into the dance behind a top-50 offense and defense.
This Year’s Big Ten Has Big Potential|Josh Planos|March 3, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

“It’s a pretty exciting finding,” says physicist Matthew Shepherd of Indiana University Bloomington, who wasn’t involved in the work.
This is the first known particle with four of the same kind of quark|Maria Temming|July 7, 2020|Science News
Footage was recently released of an incident that took place on July 10 outside Bloomington, Indiana.
Viral Video of the Day: Women Survive Being Run Over By Train|Alex Chancey|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or at least try to, the way John Feinstein did for one head-spinning season in Bloomington, Ind.
Hoop Reads|Joshua Robinson|March 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The blue bells are of the same kind that you and I found near Bloomington several weeks ago.
Bill's School and Mine|William Suddards Franklin
Mr. Tuttle's residence is situated on the state road leading from Springfield to Bloomington.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg
If Mr. Lincoln was six feet, four inches high usually, at Bloomington that day he was seven feet, and inspired at that.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon
The Bloomington convention and the part Lincoln took in it met no such hearty response in Springfield as we hoped would follow.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon
A few days after our return we announced a meeting at the court-house to ratify the action of the Bloomington convention.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon

British Dictionary definitions for Bloomington

Bloomington

/ (ˈbluːmɪŋtən) /

noun

a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)

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