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Leawood

American  
[lee-wood] / ˈliˌwʊd /

noun

  1. a town in E Kansas.


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Wright worked with children’s digital-health nonprofit Screen Sanity to turn her daughter’s school in Leawood, Kan., into a massive landline pod.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In 2023, the Leawood, Kan., company sold collectible concession vessels — the industry term for the buckets — for nine movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The craze drove AMC’s shares up exponentially at a time when it looked like the Leawood, Kan.-based company might have been on its last legs, something many Wall Street professionals were betting on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

The Leawood, Kansas-based company will continue to license the AMC name for the 13 theaters it opened around the kingdom and for future locations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

But she’s having trouble coming up with quick directions to the other location, in Leawood.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel