Lexington
Americannoun
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a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: first battle of American Revolution fought here April 19, 1775.
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a city in N Kentucky.
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a city in central North Carolina.
noun
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a city in NE central Kentucky, in the bluegrass region: major centre for horse-breeding. Pop (including Fayette): 266 798 (2003 est)
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a city in Massachusetts, northwest of Boston: site of the first action (1775) of the War of American Independence. Pop: 30 631 (2003 est)
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Return to Lexington for dinner at the 22-seat Zunzun, opened in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Ben Marshall, a motorcyclist in Lexington, Va., owns two LiveWires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Jake Wolfinger, 45, has been weathering the downturn at his feedlot near Lexington, Nebraska.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Dean loves working Trans*cendent because it reminds her of stories she’s heard about old-school lesbian bars like the Lexington in San Francisco where tight-knit groups of regulars held court night after night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Twenty-three gleaming black carriages stood in the yellow mud of Michigan Avenue in front of the Lexington Hotel.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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