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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. Established as a fur-trading post in 1795, it was a major center of German immigration during the last half of the 1800s and was long noted for its breweries and meat-packing plants. It is the largest city in the state.
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- proper noun A
city inWisconsin ,United States .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
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Examples
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MILWAUKEE, WI - Hillary Clinton may be scaling back her campaign in Wisconsin, but you wouldn't know it from the looks of things outside the Midwest Airlines Arena in Milwaukee, where the Wisonsin Democratic Party is holding its annual Founder's Day Gala.
Obama Outspending Hillary 4-1 On Ads In Madison and Milwaukee 2009
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MILWAUKEE - Pedro Feliz's RBI double gave Houston the lead in the seventh inning, capping a comeback from an early deficit and helping the Astros to a 9-5 victory over the Milwaukee
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MILWAUKEE - If the Cardinals 'bullpen, the right side of it in particular, can be criticized for its work in the first three games of the season, then it must be credited for keeping Friday night's 5-4 win over Milwaukee close enough, first of all, and then preserving the triumph.
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MILWAUKEE - Jamie Moyer overcame three homers in one inning while Ryan Howard hit a two-run shot for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 9-5 victory over Milwaukee on Friday night.
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MILWAUKEE -- The 21-year-old man accused of beating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett last summer pleaded guilty today in a deal with prosecutors, averting a trial that was scheduled to begin next week in the attack at the Wisconsin State Fair.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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MILWAUKEE - Pedro Feliz's RBI double gave Houston the lead in the seventh inning, capping a comeback from an early deficit and helping the Astros to a 9-5 victory over the Milwaukee
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MILWAUKEE -- Corey Hart hit one of three Milwaukee homers, helping Yovani
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee police say three children who were last seen with their mother are missing and could be in danger.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two Milwaukee police officers face federal charges related to cocaine delivery and money laundering.
WBAY Action 2 News 2010
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MILWAUKEE - State transportation officials have shut down a deteriorating bridge in a highly-traveled Milwaukee interchange.
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