Palo Alto

American  

[pal-oh al-toh, pah-loh ahl-toh] / ˈpæl oʊ ˈæl toʊ, ˈpɑ loʊ ˈɑl toʊ /

noun

1. a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.

2. a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.

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Palo Alto British  

noun

1. a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)

2. a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor

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Palo Alto

But we do know from large web companies like Cloudflare and Palo Alto Networks that millions of attempts have been made.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Zuckerberg told the board that he had failed to reach an agreement with the special committee and was planning to list his Palo Alto home for sale on Sept. 13.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Luma AI, a $4-billion Palo Alto startup that makes generative AI video software, opened a facility in Culver City last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Palo Alto Networks reports that Anthropic’s Claude Mythos found complex vulnerabilities that earlier models had missed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

At John’s insistence, Ernest was transferred across the bay to Palo Alto Hospital, the better to consult with its Dr. Albert Snell, one of the nations preeminent specialists in colitis.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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