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Halton

British  
/ ˈhɔːltən /

noun

  1. a unitary authority in NW England, in N Cheshire. Pop: 118 400 (2003 est). Area: 75 sq km (29 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Joe's placement costs his local authority, Halton Council, £13,600 per week - about £750,000 per year.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024

Crenshaw 76, Fremont 41: Jeremiah Blackmon scored 16 points and Chris Halton 15 for Crenshaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

The Halton Regional Police Service was alerted to the insect swarm at 6:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the privately owned Canadian national news agency, the Canadian Press.

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Halton Region Police Chief Steve Tanner said Thursday that a 28-year-old international exchange student working part-time at the auto shop is on life support and is “not expected to survive.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

The astronomer Halton Arp has found enigmatic and disturbing cases where a galaxy and a quasar, or a pair of galaxies, that are in apparent physical association have very different red shifts.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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