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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of east-central Texas south of Dallas–Fort Worth on the Brazos River. Founded in 1849, it grew as an outpost on the Chisholm Trail.

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  • noun a city in east central Texas

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Examples

  • WACO (April 14, 2010) -- The Dairy Queen on North 19th Street in Waco is closed indefinitely after a kitchen fire Wednesday morning filled the building with smoke.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (June 2, 2010) - Oncor installed its 1-millionth digital smart meter Wednesday at a home on Crestwood Drive in Waco as independent testing continued to ensure the new meters are accurate.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (May 5, 2010) -- Police say a man used a knife Tuesday evening to rob a CEFCO convenience store on Lake Shore Drive in Waco.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (February 25, 2010) - A woman was hospitalized Thursday following a rollover collision along Interstate 35 in Waco.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (March 3, 2010) - Steven Wayne Huffman, 40, will be laid to rest today, almost four years after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident in Waco in which the other driver was never caught.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (April 17, 2010) - An early morning accident killed one man in Waco, Saturday.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • WACO (April 20, 2009) -- Residents from Waco to Madison County reported seeing a flaming object streaking through the western Central Texas sky Monday morning, but there is no confirmation yet what the object may have been.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • WACO (March 24, 2009) - The two committees that will be involved in selecting Baylor University's next president met jointly Tuesday in Waco.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • WACO (June 24, 2009) - Eddie Anthony Patterson, 47, of Waco was in custody Wednesday after a

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • WACO, Texas - The Wichita State women's golf club is 13th after the opening day of the Baylor Spring Invitational, which began Monday at the Twin Rivers Golf Club in Waco, Texas.

    Wichita State Headline News 2009

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