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Waltham

American  
[wawl-thuhm, -tham] / ˈwɔl θəm, -θæm /

noun

  1. a city in E Massachusetts.


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Waltham, Mass., life-sciences giant Thermo Fisher posted 2025 revenue of nearly $44.6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Based in Menlo Park, Calif., and Waltham, Mass., Oruka has two injectable drugs in clinical trials whose advantages could win sales even though the first of these won’t be up for approval by the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Thermo Fisher on Monday said Lagarde, who has been executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Waltham, Mass., company since 2021, will depart at the end of March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Harold's Park Wildland is a 509-acre nature reserve in Waltham Abbey, in Essex, but it has proved unsuccessful as arable farmland and as a Christmas tree plantation.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

The people of Waltham just didn’t find out the British were coming until it was too late.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell