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Twin Cities

American  

plural noun

  1. the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.


Twin Cities Cultural  
  1. Nickname of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.


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The achievement, made by an international research team that includes scientists from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, represents a major advance in precision cosmology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

You did two things with this special that were really important — you financed it yourself and you also shot it in the Twin Cities, where you live currently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated an unexpected new way to change how a metal behaves electronically.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

But immigration agents continued to roam the Twin Cities, and activists continued to get arrested.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

It took me nearly four hours to get through the Twin Cities.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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