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New Bedford

American  

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Massachusetts: formerly a chief whaling port.


New Bedford British  

noun

  1. a port and resort in SE Massachusetts, near Buzzards Bay: settled by Plymouth colonists in 1652; a leading whaling port (18th–19th centuries). Pop: 94 112 (2003 est)

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The rent for the three-bedroom New Bedford apartment she shares with her two children is $1,600 a month, and car payments eat up an additional $756.54.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said Wednesday’s announcement is a “great way to kick off 2024.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 3, 2024

That means that, for many New Bedford families, fishing has become a family legacy, not a livelihood.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2023

When “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” was checked out, the New Bedford Free Public Library charged a one-cent fee for every day it was late.

From New York Times Jul. 9, 2023

In about four months after I went to New Bedford, there came a young man to me, and inquired if I did not wish to take the “Liberator.”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

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