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Tacoma

[ tuh-koh-muh ]

noun

  1. a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.


Tacoma

/ təˈkəʊmə /

noun

  1. a port in W Washington, on Puget Sound: industrial centre. Pop: 196 790 (2003 est)


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Example Sentences

Police said a 2017 Toyota Tacoma traveling north on New Hampshire approaching Oakview Drive struck the pedestrian, identified Zoila Hermelinda Cruz de Dominguez, 75, who died at the scene.

The Tacoma’s very tall gear ratios are good for official fuel-economy numbers, but in the real world, drivers will find that the transmission must downshift so frequently that matching those numbers becomes unrealistic.

Since the Tacoma’s gearing is already tall, this creates real problems.

Ten years from now, that parts commonality will make it exponentially easier and more affordable to keep a Tacoma running.

Go shopping for a part for a Tacoma engine, and it’s going to be in stock at almost every retailer in the country.

Coplin had been working since March as a $25,000-a-year claims rep with State Farm Insurance in nearby Tacoma.

He met a man in the Air Force named Ron Soden, who now lives in Tacoma, Wash., and spoke to The Daily Beast by telephone.

McCullough had started a modeling agency in Tacoma, and he wanted Soden to start a talent agency in conjunction with the business.

It is encouraging that the people of Seattle and Tacoma may early unite to ask that this name be adopted.

At Portland took morning train for Tacoma, one hundred and forty-seven miles.

But Mount Tacoma is single not merely because it is superbly majestic; it is an arctic island in a temperate zone.

Mount Tacoma will be the future resort of the continent, and many of its wondrous beauties yet remain to be explored.

The chief attraction of the city, however, for the traveler, will always be the fine view it affords of Mount Tacoma.

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