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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of west-central Florida on Tampa Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. Established as a fort in 1824, the city developed as a cattle center and port of entry.
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- proper noun
City in the state ofFlorida , located onTampa Bay .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
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Examples
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TAMPA - Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Camp Hillary: Floridians Will Be Heard! 2009
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TAMPA - Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it.
Howard Dean On Super-Delegates: "Their role is to exercise their best judgment" 2009
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TAMPA - Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it.
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TAMPA �� 'Bitter divisions over reforming America's health care system exploded Thursday night in Tampa amid cat calls, jeering and shoving at a town hall meeting.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Protesters in Ybor City drown out health care summit on Obama's proposal 2009
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TAMPA - At a small auditorium in a modest neighborhood in Tampa, Jill Biden, wife of Senator Biden arrived a few minutes after 3: 15 p.m. on Saturday, October 25th, to persuade local Floridians to vote.
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SANDY MYER, TAMPA, FLORIDA RESIDENT: This is Sandy Myer (ph) from Tampa, Florida and I want to salute my husband, Staff Sergeant Jay Myer, serving in Bagram, Afghanistan with the army reserve.
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ANNA TATARIS, TAMPA REPORTER (voice-over): This is undercover video as Tampa police officers entered the middle school.
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TAMPA, FL -- Continuing the Administration's unprecedented commitment to supporting and strengthening our nation's communities, Vice President Al Gore today (10/3) announced the award of $66.3 million in grants to help rebuild and improve public housing in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orlando, FL.
Vice President Announces Grants For Housing In Florida ITY National Archives 1997
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TAMPA, FL -- 02/09/10 -- Geoshield is now offering its world class ceramic solar control window films through flexible local distribution provided by Impact Film Supply of Tampa, FL.
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TAMPA - A plane carrying 21 injured Haitians and an ill U.S. citizen arrived in Tampa on Wednesday night about 24 hours after 15 other evacuees
WN.com - Articles related to Vyalar Ravi out of danger after accident in Liberia 2010
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