Oswego
Americannoun
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a town in NW Oregon.
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a port in W New York, on Lake Ontario.
Example Sentences
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Atlanta-based Novelis, a unit of India’s Hindalco Industries 500440 2.91%increase; green up pointing triangle , has been making up for the lost production at Oswego with aluminum from its plants in Europe and South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The chief sponsor of the bill, Senate President Rob Wagner, a Democrat representing the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, also declined to answer when asked if he was aware of Oregon’s investigations into Dundon’s businesses.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
Ford switched the truck’s exterior to aluminum from steel about a decade ago and has been the Oswego plant’s biggest customer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The fire last month at a Novelis Inc. plant in Oswego, N.Y., destroyed a key part of the facility.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025
In the summer of 1756, the French general Montcalm advanced upon Oswego, took it, and levelled it to the ground.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
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