Milwaukee
a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
Other words from Milwaukee
- Mil·wau·kee·an, noun
Words Nearby Milwaukee
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How to use Milwaukee in a sentence
When he was hospitalized last year with influenza, doctors gave the Milwaukee college student respiratory therapy every four hours to keep air moving through his lungs.
Vaccine lotteries and personal appeals: The medically vulnerable find their priority status slipping away | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostYou could be forgiven for looking at these findings and concluding that the cities with lower totals are doing a lot better than New York City, or even a place like Milwaukee, when it comes to police misconduct.
Cities Spend Millions On Police Misconduct Every Year. Here’s Why It’s So Difficult to Hold Departments Accountable. | Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com) | February 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightGraham’s parents finally let the tears flow as they began the 12-hour drive to Milwaukee.
James Graham III could still be in high school. Instead, he’s settling in at Maryland. | Emily Giambalvo | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostMilwaukee’s defense is very much based on those same Moreyball principles.
The Bucks Built The NBA’s Best Defense. Now, Other Teams Are Copying It. | Jared Dubin | January 6, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAmong landlord Dan Bruckner’s holdings in the Milwaukee area is a five-building complex with 88 single-bedroom apartments on the city’s north side.
Struggling renters face avalanche of evictions without federal aid | Jonathan O'Connell, Anu Narayanswamy | December 25, 2020 | Washington Post
A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.
Eleven children under the age of 13 have been shot in the city of Milwaukee so far this year.
11 Children Shot in Milwaukee, One in Her Grandpa's Lap | Michael Daly | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Orioles had won thirty-three of forty-three games, to tie Milwaukee for first place on the season's next-to-last day.
On a hot day in Milwaukee once, Palmer quietly asked the assembled admirers, "Mind if I take off my jacket?"
Several cities, including Washington D.C. and Milwaukee, cancelled planned performances by the group.
A Brief History of the Phrase 'F*ck the Police' | Rich Goldstein | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is the largest of all the Homes, though they have a small one at Milwaukee, Wis., and several others.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousBut their boat leaked like a sieve, and the stop at Milwaukee was probably precautionary.
The Scandinavian Element in the United States | Kendric Charles BabcockAt Milwaukee, in October, 1866, I found a young woman well established as a hair-dresser.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallAre there no vats in Milwaukee, no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?
The Women of Tomorrow | William HardHaving stolen eleven dollars and a useless revolver, they ran away to Milwaukee.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan Hoben
British Dictionary definitions for Milwaukee
/ (mɪlˈwɔːkiː) /
a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop: 586 941 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Milwaukee
Largest city in Wisconsin.
Notes for Milwaukee
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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