Nantucket
Americannoun
noun
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Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.
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For months, we’ve been bombarded with tales of four-figure nosebleeds and not-so-premium premium seats that cost more than Nantucket vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has officially sold his charming Nantucket cottage, just three months after putting the beachfront property on the market for $3.9 million.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
In 2024, he forked over $4.8 million for a 2,854-square-foot Nantucket home.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
Appeared in the November 14, 2025, print edition as 'Climate Reality Hits Nantucket'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
It dumped Long Island, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and most of Martha’s Vineyard where previously there had just been sea, and it gouged out the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and little Sunfish Pond, among much else.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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