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

  • A city of southeast France on the Riviera between Nice and Cannes. A seaport and fashionable resort, it is the center of one of Europe's largest flower-growing regions.

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Examples

  • I lost a friend's dog who escaped from the guard at the Picasso Museum in Antibes but I found her about two hours later.

    chien perdu - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • I'm reminded of a "treasure" found in Antibes in Sept. My son, Andy, and I were walking back to the main part of old town from the Picasso villa.

    lavoir - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • To his English readers, he cultivated the image of the solitary artist who never appeared on television and rarely spoke to the press, cherishing his seclusion in Antibes, occasionally punctuated by withering broadsides to the letters pages of the Times.

    The Booker prize is just another flea circus for writers Robert McCrum 2010

  • France – It is illegal in Antibes to take photos of police officers or police vehicles, even if they are just in the background.

    These Laws are Stupid Too : Law is Cool 2008

  • Cara, have you thought of setting a book in Antibes?

    ON THE BUBBLE WITH CARA BLACK 2007

  • Cara, have you thought of setting a book in Antibes?

    ON THE BUBBLE WITH CARA BLACK 2007

  • On the other hand, the commandant of Antibes, which is in all respects more inconsiderable than Nice, has from the French king above five times the sum to support the glory of his monarch, which all the sensible part of mankind treat with ridicule and contempt.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • Antibes, which is a mix of gin, grapefruit juice, and Benedictine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Back home in Antibes, Mr. Gonzalez began to clamor for change.

    M83 Emerges With a Sound All Its Own Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Sotheby's also helped the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston get $9.2 million for Claude Monet's 1888 view of the Mediterranean coast, "Antibes, the Fort," above its $7 million high estimate.

    Sotheby's Rallies With $199.8 Million Sale Kelly Crow 2011

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