Freeport
Americannoun
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a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
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a city in NW Illinois.
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a city in SE Texas.
Example Sentences
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Freeport said daily copper output at Grasberg—the world’s No. 2 copper mine, after the Escondida mine in Chile—would be reduced by tens of thousands of tons into next year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
On a sunny morning a few weeks after Freeport received the exemption, white smoke poured from its smelter above a Baptist church and residential neighborhood.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Freeport spent $250 million on improvements completed in 2017 to better control sulfur dioxide emissions.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Higher rates would also weigh on demand for copper, the main metal that Freeport mines.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Charles was born ten years after James Garfield in the northern Illinois town of Freeport on September 8, 1841.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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