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Wilmington [wil-ming-tuh n] Examples noun
- a seaport in N Delaware, on the Delaware River.
- a seaport in SE North Carolina, on the Cape Fear River.
- a city in NE Massachusetts.
- a town in SW Ohio.
Related formsWil·ming·to·ni·an [wil-ming-toh-nee-uh n] /ˌwɪl mɪŋˈtoʊ ni ən/, noun Examples from the Web for wilmington Contemporary Examples of wilmington
The first—and it turns out, only—stop was Douglass Academy, a new charter school in downtown Wilmington.
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ProPublica
October 15, 2014
Its target population is children in several Wilmington housing projects.
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ProPublica
October 15, 2014
But time was running out for the Wilmington black community.
David Frum
February 3, 2013
Two days after the election, Waddell led a mob in destroying [Wilmington’s leading black newspaper].
David Frum
February 3, 2013
The real vice president was born in Scranton, Pa., but moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1953.
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Caroline Linton
January 19, 2013
Historical Examples of wilmington
The Colonel got on board and bidding us “good-night,” went on to Wilmington.
James R. Gilmore
But he was then living near Wilmington, Delaware, and the news was long in reaching him.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The “Letters” were published in the same year, 1796, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Monday morning he preached at Wilmington to a vast assemblage.
A History of American Christianity
Leonard Woolsey Bacon
There was nothing for him to do but retreat to Wilmington, the nearest point on the coast.
John Fiske
British Dictionary definitions for wilmington Wilmington noun
- a port in N Delaware, on the Delaware River: industrial centre. Pop: 72 051 (2003 est)