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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 130 km (80 mi) long, of eastern Massachusetts flowing into Boston harbor and separating Boston from Cambridge.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
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I am spending a great deal of time in and around the Charles River, which is right across the street form the parsonage.
Unity Adam Tierney-Eliot 2006
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I am spending a great deal of time in and around the Charles River, which is right across the street form the parsonage.
Archive 2006-07-01 Adam Tierney-Eliot 2006
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The specimen shown on Charles River, which is designed to be used on canals without injuring the banks, is a simple structure, measuring sixty-two feet long and twenty wide.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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Charles River, which is about the breadth of the Thames in London, and landed upon the peninsula of Charlestown.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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On the other side of the Charles River was a peninsula occupied by
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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Near the peninsula of Boston, on the north, and separated from it by the Charles River, which is navigable and about the breadth of the
True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence 1867
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Charles River, which is strong in the animal-testing end of the business, has apparently decided that Wu Xi is one of their biggest competitors (I'd agree) and has decided to try to stake out a leading position in the whole contract-research space.
In the Pipeline 2010
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Champlain's large map of 1612, this river will be clearly identified as Charles River, in connection with Boston Bay and its numerous islands.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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'Furthermore, Charles River provides support where and when we need it'our people can call Charles River experts in Tokyo,
unknown title 2009
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Many authors and printers vary also in the capitalization of certain compound titles or names, as, the "Charles River," the "river Thames,"
The Importance of the Proof-reader A Paper read before the Club of Odd Volumes, in Boston, by John Wilson John Wilson
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