Gotham
Americannoun
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a journalistic nickname for New York City.
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an English village, proverbial for the foolishness of its inhabitants.
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Carter, from Warwick, spent six years at Chelsea FC Women before moving to US-based side Gotham FC in 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In “The Dark Knight,” Christopher Nolan fills Gotham with bombings, acts of mass surveillance and questions about how far is too far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The final product—about a pharmacist in Batman’s Gotham City—remains unproduced, but the experience proved to Cregger he could write something he liked without a guaranteed paycheck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Gotham is able to distinguish between the animals largely thanks to "fluke prints": whales have unique patterns on the underside of their tails, similar to human fingerprints, St. Lawrence explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Gotham flew Burry and his wife to New York—and it was the first time Michael Burry had flown to New York or flown first-class—and put him up in a suite at the Intercontinental Hotel.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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