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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Florida on a barrier beach of the Atlantic Ocean north of Fort Lauderdale. It was developed as a fashionable resort by Henry Flagler in the 1890s.

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  • noun a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast

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Examples

  • I’m not here to play what you called the Palm Beach game.

    Willow V.C. Andrews 2002

  • I’m not here to play what you called the Palm Beach game.

    Willow V.C. Andrews 2002

  • I’m not here to play what you called the Palm Beach game.

    Willow V.C. Andrews 2002

  • Palm Beach, aka The High Rise section dubbed for a string of tall, name brand hotels, is Aruba's calling card.

    Dwight Brown: Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning... Dwight Brown 2011

  • To Steve Helling with "People" magazine, there are many, many reports putting him in Palm Beach, which is the same town Rachel Uchitel spent Christmas.

    CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2010 2010

  • Teenage boys called the Palm Beach post and said they lost their trust funds in his scam and they took credit for it.

    CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2009 2009

  • During weekly tours of the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla. -- stops include the Circle Dining Room and a banquet room with a gold-leaf ceiling -- historian James Ponce braids the story of the hotel with that of real-estate and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, who was the force behind the construction of the Breakers, originally known as the Palm Beach Inn, in 1896.

    History Measured Out in Spoons, Stories 2008

  • Palm Beach, which is located on a 16-mile-long barrier island along Florida's southeastern coast, is in the country's third-richest county, with a per capita income of $109,219, according to the 2000 census.

    Palm Beach Perfect 2006

  • "I don't wonder the place is called Palm Beach," remarked Rhoda.

    Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves Annie Roe Carr

  • Social organization there was egalitarian, and we certainly didn't see the extreme social stratification that we see on the island today, referring to Palm Beach's elitist reputation.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Amanda McCorquodale 2012

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