Jonesboro
Americannoun
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a city in NE Arkansas.
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a town in NE Tennessee: oldest town in Tennessee.
Example Sentences
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The Jonesboro Police Department, in the state of Arkansas, shared the moment captured on traffic camera footage, thanking Hellenthal for his actions.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
How small was her hometown of Jonesboro in those days?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
And so central Louisiana boomed with new ICE facilities: in Jonesboro, in Monroe, in Ferriday, in Basile, and in Winnfield.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2025
Dr. Rajendram Rajnarayanan of the New York Institute of Technology campus in Jonesboro, Ark., told Salon this preliminary report “changes things a lot.”
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
In the night, the enemy fell back, the cavalry followed to Lovejoy’s Station, six miles further south, being on the left of our army, occupying the McDonald and Fayetteville road, nine miles south-east of Jonesboro.
From History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry by R. C. Rankin
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