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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of northern Michigan in the Straits of Mackinac, a passage connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The island was long the center of an important fur-trading area and is now a resort.
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Examples
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For a step back in time, visit Michigan's Mackinac Island, which is reminiscent of a Victorian luxury getaway.
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For a step back in time, visit Michigan's Mackinac Island, which is reminiscent of a Victorian luxury getaway.
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For a step back in time, visit Michigan's Mackinac Island, which is reminiscent of a Victorian luxury getaway.
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After I spoke to the judges, I immediately got in a horse-drawn carriage to go back to the airport; cars are not allowed on Mackinac Island.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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I was in Mackinac Island, Michigan, to speak to the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, a gathering of all the federal judges from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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I went to my room in the Grand Hotel, a large and fancy hotel on Mackinac Island, and turned on the television to CNN and my laptop to a blog that reported the decisions as they came down.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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His hair was blond sans dishwater and his eyes were a pale aqua green, “like the water of Lake Huron when it laps the shores of Mackinac Island,” his mother used to say—before she stopped noticing.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Like his hero, Mr. Varney has spent decades tweaking his signature projects: the famed Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, begun under Ms. Draper's tutelage in the '60s, and the Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinac Island.
The Full Monticello Jen Renzi 2011
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The building looks a bit like the fort on Mackinac Island back at home, the fort through which Pa dragged the girls, lecturing all the while about the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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The building looks a bit like the fort on Mackinac Island back at home, the fort through which Pa dragged the girls, lecturing all the while about the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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