Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Nevada in the northeast Mojave Desert west of Lake Mead. It was developed as a resort in the 1940s and is now a major entertainment center known for its casinos.
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- proper noun A desert city in
Nevada , USA, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, andgambling .
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- noun largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess
Etymologies
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Examples
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The problems are weighing heavily on gambling companies that cater to the local Las Vegas population with low-glitz, high-profit casinos built away from the tourist zone known as the Las Vegas Strip.
Debt-Laden Casinos 2008
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Back in his office, he called Las Vegas and told Catherine Willows about what he had seen on the videotape.
Florida Getaway Max Allan Collins 2003
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They call Las Vegas "Sin City," but not everyone in Nevada is happy about it.
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They call Las Vegas "Sin City," but not everyone in Nevada is happy about it.
Slate Magazine Annie Lowrey 2011
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It called the Las Vegas legal system "broken" and said jurors have been prevented from hearing the company's defense.
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"I am strongly concerned that your decision to reduce service to Las Vegas is shortsighted," Reid said in his letter.
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If so, then Las Vegas is shortchanging them, many local educators say. nobody is stopping these types. let them put THEIR money where
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"This is where I am from; I call Las Vegas home," says Stone.
unknown title 2009
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Here they work out the range of politically acceptable debate over development in the desert around Las Vegas which is to say, government hand-outs to politically-connected multimillionaire developers, and government land-grabs in which they arbitrarily dictate to landowners what sorts of things we do or do not need to put on their land.
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Here they work out the range of politically acceptable debate over development in the desert around Las Vegas which is to say, government hand-outs to politically-connected multimillionaire developers, and government land-grabs in which they arbitrarily dictate to landowners what sorts of things we do or do not need to put on their land.
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