Schenectady
Americannoun
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Responding to the Schenectady massacre, forces raised in New York and New England staged an invasion of New France in the following summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Morgan, forced a client with more inventions than profits, named Thomas Edison, to merge his electric company with a Schenectady, N.Y., lighting outfit that had more commercial momentum than star power.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
David, a social worker in Schenectady, N.Y., was concerned about his older brother’s mental state and so was his wife, Linda Patrik, a philosophy professor at Union College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
It was a cold night in Schenectady, New York.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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