Gainesville
Americannoun
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a city in N Florida.
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a city in N Georgia.
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a city in N Texas.
Example Sentences
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Helman will share a Gainesville, Fla., apartment with three other PaCE students who are moving from out-of-state, and said he has spoken to many others planning to relocate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Kevin Vado entered a full-time, two-year M.B.A. program at the University of Florida in Gainesville in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
In his new memoir, “Heartbreaker,” Mike Campbell recalls an afternoon in the early ’70s when Tom Petty — Campbell’s bandmate in a Gainesville, Fla., cover band called Mudcrutch — played one of his songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Local leaders protested, including the Gainesville City Commission, which passed a resolution condemning the plan to change the admissions process.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
In 1994 Michael Heckenberger, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and James B. Petersen, of the University of Vermont in Burlington, decided to look for potential archaeological sites in the central Amazon.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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