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Tarrytown

American  
[tar-ee-taun] / ˈtær iˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a village in SE New York, on the Hudson River: restored home of Washington Irving.


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The Tarrytown, N.Y.-based biotech late Friday provided an update on a Phase 3 trial for fianlimab, an immunotherapy targeting advanced forms of melanoma.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

In her new book, she further relates that Cheever wrote the story reluctantly and in a hurry to pay her orthodontist, “a Tarrytown guy who had his eye on a larger house.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

You have Goosefeather in Tarrytown, and I know you also have Talde Noodle Bar at LaGuardia.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025

Springing from their lookout post near Tarrytown, N.Y., they confronted a stranger who was seemingly in a great hurry.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

They live in Tarrytown, New York—an easy commute for Brady into the city—and the two of them have a baby now, a girl.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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