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- proper noun A
river in the easternUnited States that flows along the borders ofMaryland ,Virginia , andWest Virginia . - proper noun An unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
- proper noun A
village in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. - proper noun astronomy The
asteroid (1345) Potomac.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
- noun a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
Etymologies
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Examples
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ROLAND S. MARTIN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYS.: For those of us not in the Beltway, this is what you guys call the Potomac two-step.
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For now, we are in Virginia, because of course, Virginia is one of three spots holding either elections -- holding elections, primaries on Tuesday, what we call the Potomac primary: Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. So, also some breaking news we want to tell you about.
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We have the -- what we call the Potomac primary coming up in Virginia.
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Regardless, the foundation spent more than $500,000 on architects, environmental and real estate specialists, and even a public relations agency to produce and promote what it calls Potomac River Green.
NYT > Home Page By EUGENE L. MEYER 2011
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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Nick Chaconas, a Maryland real estate agent, said he was one week from completing a foreclosure deal for one client, who was buying a $470,000 fixer-upper in Potomac, when an e-mail arrived putting the deal on the skids.
Buyers anxiously await foreclosure deals to go through Dina ElBoghdady 2010
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