Word info

Nantucket

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1. Nantucket - Noun

2. Nantucket - Proper noun

Meaning

an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry

Source: WordNet

Examples

Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks. (NIMBYs excepted. Senator Edward Kennedy is a not-in-my-backyard environmentalist: he opposes wind farms in Nantucket Sound, offshore from his Hyannis Port compound.) Ilana Mercer

Affluent enviros are all for wind farms, until one is proposed that might mar the serenity of a sail from the crew-necked precincts near Nantucket Sound. Then it's clean energy for thee, not for me. Charles Krauthammer

A Nantucket beach party last week has been tied to recent coronavirus cases, according to local health officials who called the attendees’ behavior “irresponsible” amid the pandemic. Source: Internet

As part of his duties he traveled to French ports and learned much about North America from the fishermen that seasonally traveled to coastal areas from Nantucket to Newfoundland to capitalize on the rich fishing grounds there. Source: Internet

The boys began 2020 in style by beating Nantucket on the Whalers home court to pick up a crucial Cape and Islands Atlantic Division win. Source: Internet

Frank is a Nantucket guy, apparently,” said Stepien, whose firm has been paid between $10,000 and $15,000 per month by the Trump campaign. Source: Internet

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