Oxfordshire

[oks-ferd-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a county in S England. 1,008 sq. mi. (2,610 sq. km).

Oxfordshire

/ -ʃə, ˈɒksfədˌʃɪə /

noun

1. Oxon. an inland county of S central England: situated mostly in the basin of the Upper Thames, with the Cotswolds in the west and the Chilterns in the southeast. Administrative centre: Oxford. Pop: 615 200 (2003 est). Area: 2608 sq km (1007 sq miles)

Example Sentences

South Oxfordshire District Council's community hub, Citizens Advice, schools and nurseries, medical practices, health visitors, housing associations and certain charities can officially refer people in need to the food bank.

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As the pair embraced for a photo at a women's running conference in Oxfordshire, they swapped stories and memories of two powerful images that redefined running.

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Lord Vallance was speaking at the opening of US vaccine giant Moderna's new centre in Oxfordshire where millions of flu and Covid jabs will be made.

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PH: "Your strength is in local government in the south of England but is there a sense in which you offer different things in different places? In Oxfordshire there's a big crackdown on traffic, in Portsmouth there's lots of investment in businesses and when those councils come to merge it's actually going to be difficult for those Lib Dem councils working together."

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Mr Berry, a teacher from Witney in Oxfordshire, and Mr Cash, of Whitechapel in London, were arrested in March 2023 as part of an investigation that involved counter-terror police.

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