Vernon
Americannoun
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Edward Old Grog, 1684–1757, British admiral.
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a town in N Connecticut.
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a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
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a city in N Texas.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “springlike.”
Example Sentences
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In 2015, a battery recycling plant that had been operating in Vernon for decades had to close down and pay $50 million toward cleaning up its hazardous wastes such as lead dust, cadmium and arsenic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Other top earners at the BBC last year included Greg James, Stephen Nolan, Laura Kuenssberg, Vernon Kay and Alan Shearer, but Gary Lineker dropped significantly after leaving two months into the financial year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
At Mount Vernon in Virginia - first US President George Washington's estate - a naturalisation ceremony welcomed 150 people from 50 countries as US citizens.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
An introvert, Vernon would realize she had gone a week without talking to anyone besides a waiter at a restaurant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“But you and Vernon and my granddad were all close. What was it all about?”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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