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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You can tell because unlike Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview or Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Lancaster Dodd, he and Penn refuse to give the creep any charisma.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 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
A handful of people who could not be identified after the 2016 floods are buried at Plainview Cemetery in Denham Springs.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021
SYLVESTER, ELECTRA, 30 years old, Plainview, Mo., visiting Mrs. Andrew Irle, 1240 Lawrence avenue; body identified by name on handkerchief.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
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