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Granite City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.


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It now means many large cruise ships can dock in the Granite City, but the port has still been affected by the fall in oil and gas activity.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The Granite City furnace restart comes at a time when Nippon Steel is beginning $11 billion worth of improvements at existing U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Chelsea Souder, the co-owner of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois, said while they are expecting a surge in patients from Iowa shortly, the clinic has already seen one over the last year from Iowa.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

"This is a picture of the Granite City taken from a plane when I am returning from my home country 10,000km away. Hope you like it!"

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

Another illustration is the recently established iron and steel manufacturing community at Granite City and Madison, Illinois, which has the distinction of being the largest Bulgarian colony in the United States.

From Home Missions in Action by Allen, Edith H.

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