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North Adams

American  

noun

  1. a city in NW Massachusetts.


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Before all of that upheaval, Crane was a big company in North Adams, giving job security and economic stability to employees like John Collins, its 66-year-old head of engraving.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Assets for Artists also supported the installation last spring of a vending machine selling art by local artists, the brainchild of the North Adams artist Nico Dery.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

Evans, a native of North Adams, Mass., who joined the force 18 years ago, is to be buried Thursday after a private funeral in Adams, Mass.

From Washington Post Apr. 12, 2021

Evans, a father of two, grew up in North Adams, Massachusetts, a close-knit town of about 13,000 in the northwest part of the state.

From Seattle Times Apr. 5, 2021

There are several factories in different parts of North Adams, along the banks of a stream,—a wild, highland rivulet, which, however, does vast work of a civilized nature.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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