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Finger Lakes

American  

plural noun

  1. a group of elongated glacial lakes in central and W New York: resort region.


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Then in August 2024 I found myself at the start line of the Twisted Branch 100K race in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

In 2023, the former Cedar View Golf course, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, was bought by the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

A revolution in the way Americans eat salmon is quietly being fomented inside a former factory building on the industrial edges of Auburn, a small city in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Adding to his confidence, his first Cup Series win came at the serpentine track in New York’s Finger Lakes region.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

So in 1847, the Stantons moved to Seneca Falls, a small mill town in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, where Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena and brother-in-law Edward Bayard lived.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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