Cincinnati
Americannoun
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a city in SW Ohio, on the Ohio River.
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Bowling Slang. a split in which the eight and ten pins remain standing.
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Following a breakout season at Cincinnati last year, the 22-year-old Sorsby was one of the most coveted players available in the transfer portal this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Sorsby spent two years at Indiana and two at Cincinnati before transferring to Texas Tech this offseason for a reported multimillion-dollar deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Another study published in May by University of Cincinnati economists Nathan Hudson and Hernan Moscoso Boedo found evidence of similar trends and on a global scale since 2007.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
He has also worked internationally as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cincinnati.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
A young transplanted Kentuckian living in an impoverished pocket of Cincinnati among families of similar background once said to me, “I never knew I was urban-Appalachian till I read it in a magazine.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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