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Oregonian

American  
[awr-i-goh-nee-uhn, ahr-i-goh-nee-uhn] / ˌɔr ɪˈgoʊ ni ən, ˌɑr ɪˈgoʊ ni ən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Oregon.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Oregon or its inhabitants.

Example Sentences

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According to The Oregonian, Pomeroy was inner tubing with her husband Kyle Linden Webster and an unnamed third individual on the evening of July 13.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2024

The East Oregonian is going from two to one print edition per week.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Brent Walth, one of three other reporters who worked with Christensen on the Oregonian immigration series that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, said he was “the rare investigative reporter who was truly a likable soul.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The storm is being blamed for at least nine deaths — from falling trees, fire or hypothermia — in the Portland area, according to The Oregonian.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

The latter, however, while using it with the Oregonian tribes to their west and north, still keep up sign language for communication with the Banaks, who have not become so familiar with the Chinook.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick