Lakewood

[ leyk-wood ]

/ ˈleɪkˌwʊd /

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noun

a city in central Colorado, near Denver.

a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

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

a town in E New Jersey.

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In Lakewood, Officer Andrew Solomon worked 980 extra duty hours in 2019 and took home an additional $63,000, which more than doubled his base salary that year.
How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts|by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press, and Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica|February 8, 2021|ProPublica
A search of WhitePages.com found that the number was an unpublished landline number originating from Lakewood, California.
The Curious Tale of Obama's Biggest Defender|Michael Smerconish|January 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In the vicinity of Lakewood we held revival services, and preached every night to a crowded house for over two months.
Gathering Jewels|James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
For a time, an outsider looking on would have seen no great change at Lakewood, as the Reed homestead was called.
Donald and Dorothy|Mary Mapes Dodge

But at any moment he might reappear at Lakewood and carry out his threat of obtaining an interview with Dorry.
Donald and Dorothy|Mary Mapes Dodge
Might she not, she suggested, take Cicely to Tuxedo or Lakewood, and thus get quite away from household cares and good works?
The Fruit of the Tree|Edith Wharton
For five minutes Lawrence forgot there was a place called Lakewood, where tall pines murmur.
Princeton Stories|Jesse Lynch Williams