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Leavenworth

[lev-uhn-wurth, -werth]

noun

  1. a city in NE Kansas.

  2. a federal and military prison there.



Leavenworth

/ ˈlɛvənˌwɜːθ, -wəθ /

noun

  1. a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River: the state's oldest city, founded in 1854 by proslavery settlers from Missouri. Pop: 35 211 (2003 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Specifically, the CEO suggested that the company had opportunities in their Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, and the California City facility, north of Los Angeles.

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Earlier this month, a leaked copy of an agreement between immigration officials and the prison agency’s acting director showed that several facilities have been earmarked to hold migrants – including prisons in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Miami and Leavenworth, Kansas.

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In 1955, there was an outbreak at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, when I was in the second grade.

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Trump should be put on trial and sentenced to Leavenworth or some other high-security federal prison or military prison on those grounds alone.

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Overnight-or-longer visitors from the Seattle area to Leavenworth, the Bavarian-style mountain town in Chelan County, increased by about 21%, hitting around 750,000.

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