Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmi-ni-kən 
: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching
Dominican
adjective
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Stories of David Ortiz immigrating from the Dominican Republic and turning into the voice of his city after the tragic Boston Marathon shooting of 2013.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
That basically means Vargas would have played at least the three years necessary to qualify for salary arbitration, and that is unlikely.
Vargas, signed out of the Dominican Republic, was not drafted.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Some guns arrive in Haiti via the country’s porous land border with the Dominican Republic.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
At the same time, Haitians account for those contributing to the $10 billion in remittances the Dominican Republic received last year, according to its central bank.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Begin at the Dominican Monastery ruins scattered around the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo.
—Claire Boobbyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
In response to the growing urgency of the requests, the State Department began chartering private helicopters last month to help evacuate Americans from Port-au-Prince into neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The Houston Police Department identified the victim as Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, the president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, the country's lower chamber of congress.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
The next day, his father surprised him and flew in from the Dominican Republic.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
That basically means Vargas would have played at least the three years necessary to qualify for salary arbitration, and that is unlikely.
Vargas, signed out of the Dominican Republic, was not drafted.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Some guns arrive in Haiti via the country’s porous land border with the Dominican Republic.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
At the same time, Haitians account for those contributing to the $10 billion in remittances the Dominican Republic received last year, according to its central bank.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Begin at the Dominican Monastery ruins scattered around the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo.
—Claire Boobbyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
In response to the growing urgency of the requests, the State Department began chartering private helicopters last month to help evacuate Americans from Port-au-Prince into neighboring Dominican Republic.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
The Houston Police Department identified the victim as Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, the president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, the country's lower chamber of congress.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
The next day, his father surprised him and flew in from the Dominican Republic.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
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Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmin-i-kən
: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215
Dominican
adjective
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