Dayton
Americannoun
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Jonathan, 1760–1824, U.S. politician, Speaker of the House 1795–99.
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a city in SW Ohio.
noun
Example Sentences
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Schmidt had held the powerful position, established by the Dayton Peace Accords, since 2021.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The role dates back to the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the country's ruinous ethnic conflict.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
In the U.S. alone, that number was 135,000 people, roughly the population of Dayton, Ohio.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Guerra, a paralegal in Dayton, Ohio, said her husband liked to use his phone to look up information about the movies they were watching.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Before meeting Jerrie, he had arranged for aviation pioneer Ruth Nichols to undergo testing at the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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