Denver
Americannoun
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John Henry Deutschendorf, 1943–97, U.S. country singer.
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a city in and the capital of Colorado, in the central part.
noun
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Known as the “Mile-High City” because of its location at an altitude of 5,280 feet.
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“I like to think I can think for myself,” CU Denver graduate Masse said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
In Denver, some neighborhoods make do with narrow strips of concrete—really just widened curbs—that are mysteriously known as “Hollywood sidewalks.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
The event "was so low-profile that neither the Denver Post nor Rocky Mountain News even bothered to send a reporter," noted Brian Trembath in a Denver Public Library blog.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
She started in the ATF’s Denver office as an industry operations investigator, the bureau’s term for inspectors who ensure that firearms dealers are conducting the required background checks on buyers and maintaining sales records.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Dad says Pleiades had been storing their ships in a massive underground facility at the old Denver airport—they weren’t supposed to leave Earth on their first official trip for another two years.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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