Fort Lee
Americannoun
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a city in NE New Jersey.
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a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Virginia, NE of Petersburg.
Example Sentences
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In 1987, an elderly woman in Fort Lee, N.J., naps beside a small Christmas tree; expertly framed, her torso is blanketed by the skeleton fronds of a nearby potted palm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In New Jersey, a federal court judge has also heard arguments in legal challenges brought by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich and others.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
For instance, Fort Lee is the Army’s logistics center.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2023
After becoming an officer in 1949, his first assignment was at Fort Lee in 1950.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Two months later, it met an inglorious end when, during the Battle of Fort Lee, the American ship that was transporting it was sunk by the British.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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