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Fontana

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[fon-tan-uh, fawn-tah-nah] / fɒnˈtæn ə, fɔnˈtɑ nɑ /

noun

  1. Domenico 1543–1607, Italian architect.

  2. a city in S California.


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It also announced it opened a maintenance facility in Fontana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

"In medicine, clinicians want high-quality evidence before changing practice," Fontana said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Fontana says he found out what happened through a third-party recruiter; otherwise he wouldn’t have known why an offer didn’t come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Until 1942, Fontana was where plain folks worked hard land, with pig farms, grapes, vegetable gardens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Nicknamed “San Berdoo,” it was full of citrus groves, but sat next door to the smokestacks and steel mills of Fontana.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

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