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Cadillac

American  
[kad-l-ak, ka-dee-yak] / ˈkæd lˌæk, ka diˈjak /

noun

  1. Antoine de la Mothe 1657?–1730, French colonial governor in North America: founder of Detroit.

  2. a city in NW Michigan.


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“It’s real bad,” said Michael DiFeo, a New Jersey Cadillac dealer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

DiFeo, the Cadillac dealer, faces what he describes as an agonizing wait for fresh models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

At Cadillac, they have Indycar race-winner Colton Herta as reserve.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

But Michael Sanft, Davis’ defense lawyer, argued that the prosecution had no forensics, no eyewitness and not a single shred of physical evidence placing Davis in the Cadillac with the shooter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The two cars missed each other by an inch, and the Jaguar wedged itself between the school bus and the principal's 1970s Cadillac, tires smoking.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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