Houston
Americannoun
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Sam(uel), 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
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a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, about 50 miles (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico.
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A center of the oil industry and the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Example Sentences
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It didn’t seem like it would be Houston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Larger cities like Houston and Dallas shuttered grant-funded cameras while leaving much of their networks in operation, while Plano, Robinson and Kendall County were among those that ended their Flock contracts entirely.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The home is also within easy reach of Houston, The Woodlands Mall, and nearby golf courses—offering the couple a luxurious place to call home while they waited for their long-anticipated custom residence to be completed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
As the losses pile up, urgency is giving way to exasperation for a team with an especially challenging schedule of upcoming opponents: at Seattle, Denver, at Kansas City, at Rams, Houston, at Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The schools chosen for Main Stages in Nebraska tended to be from well-heeled communities that poured money into their theater programs, like Grosse Pointe, Michigan, or the Woodlands, outside Houston.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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