New Canaan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In New Canaan, Conn., where Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House is located, two Manhattanites renovated a Midcentury Modern home with a lattice work facade and pyramid skylights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The architect Philip Johnson covered the small guesthouse on his property in New Canaan, Conn., in Flemish-bond brickwork.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
The surveillance videos, from a city about 75 miles from Jennifer Dulos’ New Canaan, Connecticut, home, were recorded the evening she disappeared but not discovered for six days.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
For Theresa Clarke, a retiree in New Canaan, Conn., the rising cost of living means not buying Goldfish crackers for her disabled daughter because a carton costs $11.99 at her local Stop & Shop.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022
Those meetings introduced him to an even more promising pool of like-minded Christians, the New Canaan Group, a Friday morning prayer breakfast typically attended by more than a hundred investment bankers and other professionals.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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