Massachusetts Bay
Americannoun
noun
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it transported nearly 20,000 fans by train to the stadium and all arrived at least an hour before kick-off.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is demanding $80 to ride one of the 14 express trains on the 30-mile trip from downtown Boston to Foxborough for games at Gillette Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
He could have called this idea Winthropism, since he identifies John Winthrop—the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the first half of the 17th century—as its earliest proponent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The term harkens back to a group of the country's earliest European immigrants — the Puritans — who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
Farmer had imagined a portly, cigar-smoking type who made backroom deals with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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