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Barnstable

American  
[bahrn-stuh-buhl] / ˈbɑrn stə bəl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Massachusetts.


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In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to poweroutage.us, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

Cables carrying electricity created by spinning rotors will land on a beach in Barnstable on Cape Cod and then head to consumers in the state.

From New York Times Jun. 27, 2023

“We saw data on a Friday from Barnstable County,” she said.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2022

The turtle originally came from a nest in West Barnstable that researchers determined was in a hazardous location and needed to be moved.

From Washington Times Oct. 12, 2021

As you go down from Barnstable to Provincetown, in automobile or by train, you notice that there are more windows than you expect to see in the triangle under the slope of the roofs.

From Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook by Warner, Frances Lester

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