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Whitehall

[ hwahyt-hawl, wahyt- ]

noun

  1. Also called Whitehall Palace. a former palace in central London, England, originally built in the reign of Henry III: execution of Charles I, 1649.
  2. the main thoroughfare in London, England, between Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament.
  3. the British government or its policies.
  4. a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  5. a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.


Whitehall

/ ˌwaɪtˈhɔːl /

noun

  1. a street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament: site of the main government offices
  2. the British Government or its central administration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

However, Henry Newman, a former adviser to Conservative ministers who now writes about Whitehall, said the review was "always going to be something of a whitewash".

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A rally to protest against the plan will be held in Whitehall next Tuesday.

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They are now so few that they were outnumbered by the eight former prime minsters, lined up at the annual commemoration in London’s Whitehall.

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But there’s a defence review underway, and a spending review of every penny spent in Whitehall to get through first.

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King Charles, who is still receiving cancer treatment, will lay a wreath on behalf of the nation at the memorial in Whitehall, central London.

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