North Platte
Americannoun
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a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
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a city in central Nebraska.
Example Sentences
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“Cattle are tricky collateral,” said Ty Lucas, Chief Lending Officer for NebraskaLand Bank in North Platte, Neb., the heart of cattle country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Escobar, 45, landed a job at Sustainable Beef, a plant that opened in June in North Platte, Neb., an hour west on Interstate 80.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Two of them are in Chicago; one is in Lewiston, New York; one in North Platte, Nebraska; one in Ogden, Utah and one in Detroit, Michigan.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal container on a railcar at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, though it wasn’t clear what caused the explosion, railroad spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
The show always kept him away from his home in North Platte, Nebraska, but his absence wasn’t the main problem.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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