Hempstead

[hemp-sted, hem-]

noun

1. a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.

Example Sentences

Bodycare will shut stores in places including Croydon, Edinburgh, Hemel Hempstead, Scunthorpe and Wrexham.

From BBC

He was sentenced to a one-month curfew, had to wear an electronic tag for six months and was banned from entering Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre.

From BBC

Thomas Anstis, 68, of Banstead, Surrey; Stephen Coulson, 68, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Dawood Mann, 59, of Ashford, Kent; and Alexander McInnes 32, of Islington, north London, are each accused of one count of gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety offence.

From BBC

“It’s definitely important to the people that get the coverage because they don’t really have an alternative,” Hempstead said.

From Los Angeles Times

Katherine Hempstead, a senior policy advisor for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which advocates for universal healthcare, said that the bill being debated by Congress is so full of cuts to healthcare that arguing against the provision penalizing coverage for undocumented people may not be a priority for most Democrats — making it more likely that the cut will get through.

From Los Angeles Times