Exeter
Americannoun
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a city in Devonshire, in southwestern England: known for its cathedral.
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a town in southeastern New Hampshire.
noun
Example Sentences
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Bath won 24-22 and locked in a home semi-final against Exeter.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"If I was picking an England team, I'd have Henry Slade in there," said Exeter attack coach Dave Walder.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
"Mangrove plants are highly specialized, and they require a certain duration of flooding with each tide," said Luisa Fernanda Gómez Vargas, also from the University of Exeter.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Researchers led by the University of Exeter, working with partners in Colombia and the United States, created a new computer model to examine how sea-level rise could affect carbon storage across entire mangrove forests.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Still, Essie, by resolutely denying everything, was convicted of nothing until Master Josiah Horner was caught, in a chandler’s in Exeter, passing one of the squire’s notes.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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