Toronto
a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
Other words from Toronto
- To·ron·to·ni·an [tawr-uhn-toh-nee-uhn, tor-, tuh-ron-], /ˌtɔr ənˈtoʊ ni ən, ˌtɒr-, tə rɒn-/, adjective, noun
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How to use Toronto in a sentence
Brookfield Asset Management, the Toronto-based,122-year-old outfit whose current market cap is $63 billion and that oversees $600 billion in assets, clearly falls into the latter camp.
How to land startup funding from real estate giant Brookfield, which manages $600 billion in assets | Connie Loizos | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchBackup center Robin Lopez added 13 points, and starter Alex Len — who came to the Wizards from Toronto — added 11.
The Wizards’ defense again lets them down in loss at home to Raptors | Ava Wallace | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostToronto is actually tied for the league lead in 3-point attempts per game.
The Toronto Raptors Can’t Seem To Finish Their Drives | Louis Zatzman | January 27, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightLen, a 27-year-old whom Toronto released Tuesday, will sign a one-year minimum deal with the Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Wizards get much-needed frontcourt depth with former Maryland center Alex Len | Ava Wallace | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostThat Springer, rated by some as the top free agent on the entire market, would wind up in Toronto in many ways makes perfect sense.
The Blue Jays gamble on George Springer, hoping to go from a good team to a great one | Dave Sheinin | January 20, 2021 | Washington Post
A friendly twenty-something woman originally from Toronto said it best.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots | Emily Shire | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne night in 2004, my college boyfriend called me from inside a closet in a north Toronto housing project.
“We opened the Toronto Film Festival with The Fifth Estate, and there was an immediate rejection of it,” he says.
We agreed on the Sheppard Centre shopping mall in north Toronto because it was convenient.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Toronto Star reported that three different women (all unnamed) alleged all manner of harassment and intimidation.
The delegates proceeded afterwards to Ottawa and Toronto, where similar festive gatherings took place.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellShe remembered her ambitions and her resolve to leave the dreary plains and make her mark in Toronto or Montreal.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossThe land on each side is fertile, and supplies Toronto market.
Canada and the Canadians | Sir Richard Henry BonnycastleWe also pass, in going to Toronto, two other remarkable places.
Canada and the Canadians | Sir Richard Henry BonnycastleRoberts is still in Germany and Todeschi has been exchanged and is now in Toronto.
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George Pearson
British Dictionary definitions for Toronto
/ (təˈrɒntəʊ) /
a city in S central Canada, capital of Ontario, on Lake Ontario: the major industrial centre of Canada; two universities. Pop: 2 481 494 (2001)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Toronto
Capital of Ontario, Canada, and the largest city in the province, in southern Ontario on Lake Ontario; the largest city in Canada; a commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of Canada.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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