Nantucket
Americannoun
noun
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Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.
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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
When the weather cooperates, take to the sea by paddleboard or kayak, easy to rent from Sea Nantucket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
To outsiders, Nantucket can seem like a faraway, rich-person’s playground, full of yacht-packed marinas, six-figure golf-club memberships and $300 seafood towers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Not Nantucket or Cape Cod, but the summertime refuge for Manhattan’s wealthy.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Nantucket, with its vistas overlooking cranberry bogs and more than eighty miles of beaches, has always had its share of rich people.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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