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historic

[hi-stawr-ik, -stor-] / hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr- /


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Tad Heuer, representing the National Trust for Historic Preservation, urged the court to halt the ballroom project.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Next, hop on an e-scooter or take a quick bus ride to the Historic Broadway Theater District, which has 12 stunning movie theaters — all of which were built between 1910 and 1931.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Appeared in the May 23, 2026, print edition as 'Mitch McConnell’s Historic Senate Career'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Historic buildings everywhere I turned, and plaques and markers and statues for famous events and men.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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