Clarksville
Americannoun
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a city in N Tennessee.
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a town in SE Indiana.
Example Sentences
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Just across the river in southern Indiana, the towns of New Albany and Clarksville have also gone upmarket, serving as the Brooklyn or New Jersey of Louisville, depending on whom you ask.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Korea Zinc aims to produce 300,000 metric tons of zinc, 200,000 tons of lead, 35,000 tons of copper and 5,100 tons of rare minerals annually at the facilities to be built in Clarksville, Tenn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
“It’s crazy,” said Ora Dorsey, a 43-year-old Army veteran in Clarksville, Tenn. “It does make it hard to get out of debt. It seems like you’re only paying the interest.”
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
Joe Pitts, mayor of the Montgomery County city of Clarksville, said it could be a couple of weeks before power is restored to everyone.
From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2023
“It just seems too convenient that it’s for Liston and Clarksville and Upper Tyson, and those are the same places where all the kids on the survivors list moved.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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