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downtown

/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ adverb A2
  1. In or towards the central business district. · You need to go downtown four blocks.· A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
  2. Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket. · That shot came from way downtown!
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Karim Haddad works as an engineer during the week, but on weekends he looks after four beehives on the roof of a hotel in downtown Chicago.
Bees on the Roof, p. 1 · C1
They agreed to meet at a busy coffee shop downtown.
The Ticket in the Pocket, p. 1 · B1

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