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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

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

In 2015, Carey was appointed lead artist for a colossal project, a stained-glass window the size of an American football field for a new church building in Leawood, Kansas.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Regal is the nation’s second largest movie theater operator, behind only Leawood, Kan.’s AMC Theatres.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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

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