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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.


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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Actors Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra griped about the smog.

From Los Angeles Times

Southern California teams got their first chance to show how good Southern California baseball is during Wednesday’s opening games of the National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C.

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Epic Games was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cary, N.C.

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Times researcher Cary Schneider in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Cast members from Reiner’s films over the years then took to the stage, including John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Meg Ryan, Demi Moore and Kathy Bates.

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