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Hempstead

American  
[hemp-sted, hem-] / ˈhɛmp stɛd, ˈhɛm- /

noun

  1. a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.


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That’s going to help 9% of the population,’” Hempstead said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Trustees of the volunteer-run Liberty Tea Rooms and Community Hub in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, said the charity was in an "extremely low cash position".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

"You didn't have to worry about him with anything, he wasn't vicious in any way, shape or form," he told the court, adding that Ms Hempstead occasionally fed Trigg food from her mouth.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

“It’s definitely important to the people that get the coverage because they don’t really have an alternative,” Hempstead said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

In the city’s richest clubs, industrialists gathered to toast the fact that Carter Henry Harrison, whom they viewed as overly sympathetic to organized labor, had lost to Hempstead Washburne, a Republican.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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