Oldham
Americannoun
noun
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a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 103 544 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 218 100 (2003 est). Area: 141 sq km (54 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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Oldham Council secured a default judgment against Ahsan, onto whose debt legal fees have now been added.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Months later, manager Andrew Loog Oldham kicked him out of the band for being “ugly,” although Stewart continued to record, tour and serve as the band’s road manager until his death in 1985.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Maddie Haining, from Oldham, went to Club Tropicana in Manchester's Gay Village on Saturday night with a friend but within five minutes of entering was asked by a bar manager to leave.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
One passenger, Kiera, 17, from Oldham, told the BBC she and her boyfriend faced a 20-hour wait in the airport until they could get another flight tomorrow.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Oldham did admit that activists had forced some needed changes, but the former cotton mill manager immediately added huffily that “this could have been done solely by negotiation, without the picketing.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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