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Michigan

[mish-i-guhn]

noun

  1. a state in the northern central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Lansing. MI (for use with zip code), Mich.

  2. Lake Michigan, a lake in the northern central United States, between Wisconsin and Michigan: one of the five Great Lakes. 22,400 sq. mi. (58,015 sq. km).

  3. a card game of the stops family, for three to eight players.



michigan

1

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

  1. the US name for newmarket

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Michigan

2

/ ˈmɪʃɪɡən /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Mich MIa state of the N central US, occupying two peninsulas between Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie: generally low-lying. Capital: Lansing. Pop: 10 079 985 (2003 est). Area: 147 156 sq km (56 817 sq miles)

  2. a lake in the N central US between Wisconsin and Michigan: the third largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one wholly in the US; linked with Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac. Area: 58 000 sq km (22 400 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Michigan

  1. State in the northern United States bordered on the north by Lake Superior; on the east by Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Ontario, Canada; on the south by Ohio and Indiana; and on the west by Wisconsin and Lake Michigan. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

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Efforts are under way to restart reactors in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

A report Friday from the University of Michigan showed that a final reading from its index of consumer sentiment fell in November.

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“Sen. Slotkin is deeply grateful for the swift and professional response of Oakland County and Michigan State Police,” a spokesperson wrote.

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In Michigan, Nelson is now pregnant with twins, using the embryos she fought for years to keep.

"These kinds of NIH-funded studies can help us offer advanced treatments in the field of regenerative medicine, and we are happy we can offer this first-in-human, cutting-edge clinical trial at the University of Michigan."

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