Cary

American  

[kair-ee, kar-ee] / ˈkɛər i, ˈkær i /

noun

1. Alice, 1820–71, U.S. poet (sister of Phoebe Cary).

2. (Arthur) Joyce (Lunel) 1888–1957, English novelist.

3. Henry Francis, 1772–1844, British writer and translator.

4. Phoebe, 1824–71, U.S. poet (sister of Alice Cary).

5. a town in central North Carolina.

6. a male given name.

7. a female given name, form of Caroline.

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Cary British  

/ ˈkærɪ, ˈkɛərɪ /

noun

1. ( Arthur ) Joyce ( Lunel ). 1888–1957, British novelist; author of Mister Johnson (1939), A House of Children (1941), and The Horse's Mouth (1944)

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Cary

Times editorial library director Cary Shcneider and staff writer Hannah Fry contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

When Hollywood deities Grace Kelly and Cary Grant were shown cruising along the French Riviera in a beautiful, sleek Sunbeam Alpine in To Catch a Thief, for example, they epitomised silver-screen elegance and savoir-faire.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Cary Grant wouldn’t look too good in a bathing suit, either.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Cary, 45, started to use LLMs at her workplace because doing so was heavily encouraged; a year or two later, she found herself struggling to write a remembrance of her father for his memorial service.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Oh, don’t start. You don’t care about this movie; Cary Grant’s not in it,” says Humble.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini