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Grande

American  
[gron-dey] / ˈgrɒn deɪ /

noun

  1. (at Starbucks coffee shops) a medium size of beverage equal to 16 ounces (473 milliliters).


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West, one of the grande dames of the movement, got her start at Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger and spent years excoriating fatphobia, online misogyny, and male entitlement for the ur-millennial-feminist site Jezebel.

From Slate

The Espinoza brothers grew up in the South Texas city of McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley, helping out at their family’s Mexican restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times

He lodged notable breakthroughs in parts of Florida, where he carried Miami-Dade County, and Texas, where he flipped the historically Democratic Rio Grande Valley.

From Salon

Since then, it’s been a key part of internet culture — where character-specific dances became widespread trends and major musicians, such as Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, have hosted concerts in the virtual realm.

From Los Angeles Times

The funds will be used in part to develop a plant producing liquefied natural gas at Rio Grande in Texas, Pouyanne said.

From The Wall Street Journal