Grand Rapids

American

noun

a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.

adjective

noting or pertaining to mass-produced furniture of generally low quality.

Grand Rapids British

noun

(functioning as singular) a city in SW Michigan: electronics, car parts. Pop: 195 601 (2003 est)

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Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids offers that and so much more.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed asked sarcastically the following day, in Grand Rapids, when I said I had attended some of Haley Stevens’ stops on the trail.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Filmed at the cavernous, non-denominational Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., “Prodigal Daughter” finds Tomlinson in a state of true acceptance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in North Carolina, she will become the first woman to travel to the Moon.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

“I think he lives in Grand Rapids, I never met him.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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