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Tappan

American  
[tap-uhn] / ˈtæp ən /

noun

  1. Arthur, 1786–1865, and his brother Lewis, 1788–1873, U.S. businessmen, philanthropists, and abolitionists.


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“Farmers are price takers, not price makers,” said Ron Binaghi, who runs the 18-acre Stokes Farm in Old Tappan, N.J.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

As we left the concert hall, a group of students had started a campfire in Tappan Square.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024

When I asked the owner, Heidi Tappan, why there was such an emphasis on these products, she told that me her family saw the famed monster back in 1988.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

Manager Joe Maddon considers Ortega a “really good bridge” between the starter and the back-end trio of Iglesias, Loup and Tepera, like “the George Washington, the Verrazano-Narrows, the Tappan Zee,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

He himself had had a use-of- force on his second day of OJT, he told me, down in Tappan.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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