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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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
The aluminum maker Novelis said that once repairs are completed at its Oswego, N.Y., plant, operations will gradually step up over a period of months to reach regular-rate production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Marquez’s friend Mary Mantia, 34, in Oswego, Ill., doesn’t plan to watch her race, but will go to her birthday party that evening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025
The moves come after a September 16 fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
The garrisons at Forts George, Niagara, Oswego and Burlington, were therefore ordered to rendezvous at Grenadier Island, near Sackett's Harbor.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
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