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Bloomington

American  
[bloo-ming-tuhn] / ˈblu mɪŋ tən /

noun

  1. a city in SE Minnesota.

  2. a city in S Indiana.

  3. a city in central Illinois.


Bloomington British  
/ ˈbluːmɪŋtən /

noun

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

"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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Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., operates a claw-machine arcade with more than 100 units, plus bubble tea and Korean shaved ice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Federal inspectors detailed multiple instances of mammalian hair found in drugs produced at a Catalent plant in Bloomington, Ind., used in part to manufacture semaglutide.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Those students operate their own real-estate investment business, called Sample Gates Management, named for the Gothic-style limestone arches that are the gateway to the Bloomington campus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The Department of Insurance in May filed an administrative action against State Farm General — the subsidiary of the giant Bloomington, Ill., insurer that handles California home insurance — after completing a “market conduct” exam.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

“I mean, it’s less than half of what IU would cost,” which was the state school a couple hours south of us in Bloomington.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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