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Lenexa

American  
[luh-nek-suh] / ləˈnɛk sə /

noun

  1. a city in NE Kansas.


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Kevin Sanders of Lenexa, Kansas, said he heard what sounded like firecrackers and then people started running.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Hostess, which is based in the city of Lenexa, Kansas, was founded in 1930 and makes several iconic household brands, including Ding Dongs, Zingers, and Voortman cookies and wafers.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Based in Lenexa, Kansas, Hostess was founded in 1930 and is behind several iconic household brands, including Ho-Hos, Ding Dongs, Zingers, and Voortman cookies and wafers.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

From Lenexa, Kan., she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and received a law degree from Yale.

From New York Times • May 27, 2022

But Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, said her chamber’s version “puts us on the road to fixing things.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 1, 2021

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