Gainesville
Americannoun
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a city in N Florida.
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a city in N Georgia.
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a city in N Texas.
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Each Friday during the spring semester, students practice the basic techniques of archaeological fieldwork while investigating Mission San Francisco de Potano, a centuries-old site in northwest Gainesville.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Helman will share a Gainesville, Fla., apartment with three other PaCE students who are moving from out-of-state, and said he has spoken to many others planning to relocate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
They just about lost their minds when they discovered that Kiffin’s family had flown to Gainesville, Fla. and to Baton Rouge, La. earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Since June 2024, almost 220 local measures have passed that restrict or ban acts like sleeping, sitting or panhandling in public in cities that include Phoenix; Gainesville, Florida, and Reno, Nevada.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
My mother returned when she was eighteen, to attend college at the state university in Gainesville.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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