environs
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A science center also was included in the plans shared with the Nebraska Capitol Environs Commission earlier this week.
From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018
The latest is The Environs of Rouen, painted in 1960, luminous proof of how apt was his self-summation as a "cubist impressionist."
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This Winchester is a fine place: a beautiful Cathedral and many other ancient buildings in the Environs.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
Continents And continental oceans intervene; 244 A sea uncharted, on a lampless isle, Environs and confines their wandering child In vain.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Later on it was used as a lunatic asylum, and was so when Thorne wrote his "Environs" in 1876.
From Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing environs
The Federalist Papers, No. 70 by Alexander Hamilton
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