Quantico

[ kwon-ti-koh ]

/ ˈkwɒn tɪˌkoʊ /

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noun

a U.S. Marine Corps base and development and education command in NE Virginia, NE of Fredericksburg on the Potomac River.

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How to use Quantico in a sentence

Radar shows the most intense winds between Aquia Harbor and Triangle and Quantico recently clocked a gust to 53 mph.
PM Update: Periods of rain, storms tonight ahead of a damp and chilly weekend|Ian Livingston|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
They also used information from the Kentucky State Police local medical examiner’s lab and the FBI crime lab in Quantico.
Protesters hit the streets for a second night after officers aren’t charged with killing Breonna Taylor|Fabiola Cineas|September 25, 2020|Vox
The town of Quantico is located inside the Marine Corps Base Quantico, which is the site of Marine Corps headquarters.
ISIS Fliers on a Marine Corps Base?|Tim Mak|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prior to that, Manning was held in pretrial confinement at Marine Corp Base Quantico Brig for nine months.
Bradley Manning: ‘I Will Recover From This ... This Is Just a Stage in My Life’|Alexa O'Brien|August 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Semper,  Nate On 30 October 2006, Nate wrote to his brother Austin, who was attending Officer Candidate School in Quantico.
Marine First Lieutenant Nathan Krissoff’s Last Letters Home From Iraq|Matt Pottinger|May 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quantico, VA Sept. 24, 2009 Daniel Patrick Boyd A group of men are charged in plot to attack the Marine Corps base in Quantico.
Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11|John Avlon|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They then sent off the butts to the bureau lab in Quantico for testing.
The Hunt for D.B. Cooper|Geoffrey Gray|August 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Dumfries, a town on Quantico Creek, had been settled by a group of Scotch merchants, who traded in the colony.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
We fired additional targets at 100 yards on the range at Quantico, Va., firing groups of three shots.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This target and the other targets were fired on March 16, 1964 at Quantico, Va.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
On November 14, when the aerodrome was prepared to be shipped to Quantico for trial, its condition was about as follows.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
No. 4, with an improved blast, was tried at Quantico, Mr. Goode being present.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly