Nantucket
Americannoun
noun
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Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.
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Garland officiated at the Nantucket, Mass., wedding, joking at one point that when he told Wilkinson to improve her relations with the press, this wasn’t what he meant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In this economy, though, not many people can afford a house in the Hamptons or Nantucket.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Anabelle Yi and her boyfriend run East End Reserve, which rents out vintage Defenders on Nantucket for about $500 a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Barstool was humming and Portnoy had his first Nantucket house when state legislatures began to legalize online gambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“We had sea room then. Sea room! But we were off Nantucket Shoals ten days ago! Where are we now?”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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