Leavenworth
Americannoun
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a city in NE Kansas.
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a federal and military prison there.
noun
Example Sentences
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When the Bergs thought about buying a vacation house, they thought it might be in the San Juan Islands or Leavenworth, Wash., a mountain town they’d been visiting every winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
But the company, which is being sued by Leavenworth, wants to bypass permitting required by the city and open the facility, as it did in California City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
The remains were discovered in a remote wooded area south of the town of Leavenworth, in Washington state, officials said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
In 1955, there was an outbreak at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, when I was in the second grade.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
They lived on Leavenworth, just a few blocks west of my mother’s apartment.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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