Georgetown
Americannoun
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Also George Town a seaport in and the capital of the state of Penang, in NW Malaysia.
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a seaport in and the capital of Guyana, at the mouth of the Demerara.
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a residential section in the District of Columbia.
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a town in N Kentucky.
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a city in E South Carolina.
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a town in and the capital of the Cayman Islands, West Indies, on Grand Cayman.
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Example Sentences
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Opened in 1873, the privately operated detention facility housed petty delinquents and orphans, said Marc Schindler, a professor at Georgetown who leads the project.
From Barron's
Last year the hair care company John Paul Mitchell Systems moved from Southern California to Wilmer, Texas, and the green energy company GAF moved from San José to Georgetown, Texas.
From Los Angeles Times
Marc Busch, a professor of business diplomacy at Georgetown University, said the ruling could ripple through to trade arrangements the U.S. has struck with other nations.
From MarketWatch
Georgetown University management professor Jason Schloetzer recounted a recent chat with a chief executive who remarked about no longer needing consultants since there was "one in my pocket" thanks to AI.
From Barron's
“They are custom duties collected without authority. They have to be refunded. They were not lawfully collected,” Hillman, now at Georgetown University, said in an interview on Bloomberg TV.
From MarketWatch
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