Fairbanks

[ fair-bangks ]

noun

1. Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
2. Douglas, 1883–1939, U.S. motion-picture actor.
3. a city in central Alaska, on the Tanana River.

Fairbanks

¹

/ ˈfɛəˌbæŋks /

noun

1. a city in central Alaska, at the terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 30 970 (2003 est)

Fairbanks

²

/ ˈfɛəˌbæŋks /

noun

1. FairbanksDouglas (Elton)18831939MUSFILMS AND TV: actorFILMS AND TV: producer Douglas ( Elton ), real name Julius Ullman. 1883–1939, US film actor and producer
2. FairbanksDouglas, Jnr19092000MUSFILMS AND TV: actor his son, Douglas, Jnr. 1909–2000, US film actor

Example Sentences

This paleontologist in Fairbanks works at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

From Science News For Students

Munson Creek fire in AlaskaThe Munson Creek fire fifty miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska was discovered over a month ago on June 18 and has burned through 43,676 acres since.

From Popular-Science

In “The Mark of Zorro,” Fairbanks has fun with the narrative mechanics that would change America’s pop landscape.

From Washington Post

The emotional and moral bandwidth Fairbanks built into the part gave creative leeway to spirited successors like Banderas and director Martin Campbell, and Guy Williams and the Disney TV team.

From Washington Post

Just last year, a state judge in Fairbanks said the state’s courts were in crisis, declaring that turnover among public defenders had delayed criminal trials and denied justice to both victims and defendants.

From ProPublica

Both Fairbanks and Lloyd were among the most famous Jewish entertainers of their time.

From The Daily Beast

As the bush plane flies, Bettles is about 180 miles northwest of Fairbanks.

From The Daily Beast

His looks were modeled after Douglas Fairbanks, the actor best known for playing Robin Hood and Zorro during the silent era.

From The Daily Beast

Complicating matters is the fact that Fairbanks is no stranger to wildfires.

From The Daily Beast

Fairbanks, AK Over the past 50 years, Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the rest of the United States.

From The Daily Beast

Well, Mrs. Fairbanks has just destroyed another four hours' work for me.

From Project Gutenberg

It proved to be occupied by two young clerks of the trading establishment, named Ashmun and Fairbanks.

From Project Gutenberg

But the Fairbanks family are not to be trustedwe have had our own troubles with those girls and their unscrupulous father.

From Project Gutenberg

The next moment the riders galloped off, and the Scouts suspected correctly that one of the men was Francis Fairbanks.

From Project Gutenberg

Big men like Fairbanks are always cowards, declared Peg, with a pardonable sneer.

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