Cary
Americannoun
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Alice, 1820–71, U.S. poet (sister of Phoebe Cary).
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(Arthur) Joyce (Lunel) 1888–1957, English novelist.
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Henry Francis, 1772–1844, British writer and translator.
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Phoebe, 1824–71, U.S. poet (sister of Alice Cary).
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a town in central North Carolina.
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a male given name.
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a female given name, form of Caroline.
noun
Example Sentences
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“A tropical weather pattern makes them really active, busy biting, getting blood meals and laying eggs,” said Cary Svoboda, supervisor of Ventura County’s vector control program.
From Los Angeles Times
“Holiday” was a hit on Broadway and filmed twice within a decade; the 1938 version starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant is among the great movie comedies of an era rich in them.
In Kern County: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, is chased across a barren field in Indiana by a crop duster in “North by Northwest.”
In a linked editorial, patient and patient advocate Anne Cary said the results support concerns about gaps in current diagnostic practices.
From Science Daily
Certified financial planner Cary Carbonaro applauds Mitchum for taking time to evaluate her whole financial picture and not rushing to make changes in the wake of her divorce.
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