Manhattan District

noun

1. Also called: Manhattan Project. (during World War II) the code name for a unit of US army engineers established in 1942 to construct secret sites for the development of the atomic bomb

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's office said it was reviewing the decision.

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Hernandez's attorney Harvey Fishbein released a statement saying: "We are grateful the Court has now given Pedro a chance to get his life back, and I call upon the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to drop these misguided charges and focus their efforts where they belong: on finding those actually responsible for the disappearance of Etan Patz."

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He has revoked the security clearances - which allows people to access classified material - of several officials, including James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the criminal hush-money case,

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP — which has a partner that once tried to build a criminal case against Trump while working at the Manhattan district attorney’s office — agreed to contribute $40 million in legal services to causes Trump supports, including “the President’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, and other mutually agreed projects.”

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It also took direct aim at Mark Pomerantz - a former partner who had worked with the Manhattan District Attorney on the case involving hush-money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.

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