Plainview
Americannoun
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a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
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a city in N Texas.
Example Sentences
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Lean and athletic, with a wildness in his eyes, Ray displays the same antagonism as Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher from “Gangs of New York” or Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
After a decade of fine-tuning his sound, the Plainview, N.Y., native released “Call Me Never,” a head-bobbing pop-punk song that takes a page straight from the playbook of New Found Glory and Simple Plan.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022
An employee of Defender Safety moves products inside their warehouse in Plainview, New York, U.S.,
From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022
“Even if the pandemic ended tomorrow, I still have my mom,” says Wisler, of Plainview, N.Y.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
In 1861 he removed to Plainview, where he has taken rank as a leading surgeon and physician in that part of the State.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
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