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St. James

American  

noun

  1. a town on N Long Island, in SE New York.


Example Sentences

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For years, he could be found on Fridays cooking meals for those in need at Seattle’s St. James Cathedral Kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Born James Chambers in 1944, Cliff grew up as the eighth of nine children in abject poverty in the parish of St. James, Jamaica.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

But a new research note from private-client fund manager St. James Investment Co. makes a case that’s hard to refute.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Coquilles St. Jacques translates to Shells of St. James and is the quintessential baked scallop dish made famous, at least in the States, by Julia Child in the early 1960’s.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2024

I strode slightly uphill past five houses and St. James United Methodist Church, where we worshipped, to the corner of Barton Road.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson