Cincinnati
Americannoun
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a city in SW Ohio, on the Ohio River.
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Bowling Slang. a split in which the eight and ten pins remain standing.
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He has also worked internationally as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cincinnati.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Cava opened 20 net new restaurants during the quarter, including new market entries across the Midwest in Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; and St. Louis, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The three suburban counties of Boone, Kenton, and Campbell run in vertical slices, each taking part of the Cincinnati suburbs south of the Ohio River and running south through exurbs and eventually rural areas.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
The Cincinnati Bengals then face the Atlanta Falcons at the home of Real Madrid while the New England Patriots, who reached last season's Super Bowl, will take on the Detroit Lions in Munich.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
A young transplanted Kentuckian living in an impoverished pocket of Cincinnati among families of similar background once said to me, “I never knew I was urban-Appalachian till I read it in a magazine.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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