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Essen

American  
[es-uhn] / ˈɛs ən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.


Essen British  
/ ˈɛsən /

noun

  1. a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: the leading administrative centre of the Ruhr; university. Pop: 589 499 (2003 est)

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Evonik, which is headquartered in the western city of Essen and makes a range of specialised chemicals, said the cuts were aimed at advancing the company's transformation.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Sahar has already sent a video of an inflated dinghy which, he has suggested, is “new”, available and being kept in a warehouse in the Essen area.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2024

Essen is just a four- to five-hour drive from the Calais area - close enough to get boats there fast, but not too close to the more heavily monitored beaches of northern France.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2024

To explore these questions, researchers from the Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and the University Hospital Essen conducted a large-scale analysis of studies exploring touch interventions.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

I wished, then, that I hadn’t checked, because, thinking of my own kids, I couldn’t talk to Van Essen after that.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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