Gateshead
Americannoun
noun
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a port in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: engineering works, cultural centre. Pop: 78 403 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 191 000 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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The charity praised the Gateshead pair for their actions and hoped others would follow their example.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Reform UK's biggest gains came in England, where the party took control of councils from Labour, including Barnsley, Wakefield, Sunderland and Gateshead, and shifted Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth to no overall control.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Gateshead council use heat from water in flooded mines to heat hundreds of homes.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Kate Osborne, the Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East, said she had been contacted by more than 700 people with "horror stories" about the level of student debt they had built up.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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