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El Paso

American  
[el pas-oh] / ɛl ˈpæs oʊ /

noun

  1. a city in W Texas, on the Rio Grande.


El Paso British  
/ ɛl ˈpæsəʊ /

noun

  1. a city in W Texas, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Pop: 584 113 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

El Paso Cultural  
  1. City in Texas on the border between Mexico and the United States.


Example Sentences

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In remarks at the University of Texas at El Paso on Wednesday, Dallas Fed president Lorie Logan said she believes it’s taking too long for inflation to return to the central bank’s 2% target.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

In a Wednesday afternoon speech in El Paso, Texas, Logan said that the Fed’s current interest rate setting, 3.5% to 3.75%, no longer appears to be constraining rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Sorry to the housekeeper in El Paso and that young man in Arizona; she didn’t mean to scare you.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

People working with Perez would collect the reptiles including Mexican box turtles and Mexican beaded lizards, at from an airport in Ciudad Juárez, then move them by car over the border to El Paso.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

He came out of the army and went back to El Paso without any idea of what he should do.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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