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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Michigan west of Detroit. It is the seat of the University of Michigan (founded 1817).

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  • noun a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan

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Examples

  • Just to be sure this was really Borders 'plan, I called their Ann Arbor headquarters and reached an official spokesperson.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • "Anytime you can represent your country on a big stage like this, it's a privilege," said former Spitfire Austin Watson of the Peterborough Petes, who calls Ann Arbor, Mich., home.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • "Anytime you can represent your country on a big stage like this, it's a privilege," said former Spitfire Austin Watson of the Peterborough Petes, who calls Ann Arbor, Mich., home.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • Cities such as Ann Arbor, Mich., and Duluth, Minn., have banned the sale of the device, whose toxic contents can cause nerve and lung damage as well as birth defects if released into the environment.

    No More Mercury 2008

  • Com here in Ann Arbor which isn't likely to go belly up anytime soon, but even they are eliminating 200 jobs to trim a little fat in these trying times.

    Stupid Evil Bastard 2009

  • Richard Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, the conservative advocacy group in Ann Arbor, Mich., that filed the suit, said he planned to appeal to the Supreme Court.

    Appeals Court Says Health Law Is Constitutional Jess Bravin 2011

  • I went back to Ann Arbor after finding a home to rent and meeting my new doctors, to pack up the rest of our things.

    Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011

  • I was a first-time pregnant mother in Ann Arbor, MI.

    Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011

  • Jackson, birthplace of the Republican Party, is a drive-through county near Ann Arbor.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

  • At the University of Michigan, he became obsessed with transportation and drew up plans for an elaborate monorail system in Ann Arbor, replacing the mundane bus system with a “futuristic” commute between the dorms and the classrooms.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

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