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Back Bay

American  

noun

  1. a prosperous residential and commercial area of Boston, Massachusetts.


back bay British  

noun

  1. a small bay or inlet of a lake

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“There’s a reason that younger people tend to have high-deductible health plans, and obviously it’s affordability,” Robert Jeter, a financial adviser with Back Bay Financial Planning and Investments, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Under that scenario, the streets of Boston's Back Bay we are gazing out across at would become capillaries of the Charles River.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

The Suffolk assistant district attorney, Nina Bonelli, walked Tene through the encounter at Towne Stove and Spirits, a bar in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston that has since closed.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2022

Now that they are married, both Mr. Allen and Ms. Thomas look forward to settling into their new house in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood and developing a routine.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

The child of a well-heeled, status-oriented Back Bay family of antique dealers, she was far out of the league of a jockey with a seventh-grade formal education and no fixed address.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand