Example Sentences

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New Jerseyites can look forward to more power outages and longer delays to get their lights back on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The arena where fellow Jerseyites Bruce Springsteen and Frank Sinatra, as well as the NBA and NHL, once played closed in 2015 after nearly 40 years.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2021

The essentials: Jami Brandli’s splendidly imaginative play transforms tragic Greek heroines into 1960-era New Jerseyites with man problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Can someone out there in the Universe help we Jerseyites apprehend this criminal CC so this doesn't go away?

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

These Jerseyites, it seems, were wiser than any in their day and generation.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady