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Lakewood

American  
[leyk-wood] / ˈleɪkˌwʊd /

noun

  1. a city in central Colorado, near Denver.

  2. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

  3. a city in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie, near Cleveland.

  4. a town in E New Jersey.


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James Mayo, a financial planner in Lakewood, Colo., builds bond ladders, which means owning individual bonds or target-maturity bond funds with maturities that span multiple years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

She remembered him as a driven Lakewood High School student who wasn’t afraid to be himself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

An informant would tell them the attack was rooted in a chain-snatching at the Lakewood Mall two months earlier.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“The spread between different lenders on the same day can often be wider than the daily move in market rates themselves,” said James Mayo, a financial planner in Lakewood, Colo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

On warm summer evenings, entire families rode the open-air trolley out to the Lakewood amusement park, dubbed the “Coney Island of the South” by promoters.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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