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Fort Lewis

American  

noun

  1. a military reservation in W central Washington State, SW of Tacoma.


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In coming to Occidental, Stritikus will head a college significantly different from Fort Lewis.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2024

When she visited, that forthrightness struck Majel Boxer, a professor of Native American and Indigenous studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., who is Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2023

He hoped to join the Navy, of course, but military branches were first come, first served the day he reported to Fort Lewis outside Tacoma.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2022

A 23-year-old from Fort Lewis, Washington, McKennie has been among the most impressive players on a U.S. team trying to get back to the World Cup after missing the 2018 tournament.

From Fox News Feb. 23, 2022

It must have been about the fall of 1951 when you were assigned to the 761st Engineer Light Equipment Company at Fort Lewis, Washington.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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