Connecticut
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a state in the northeastern United States. 5,009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviations: CT (for use with zip code), Conn., Ct.
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a river flowing south from northern New Hampshire along the boundary between New Hampshire and Vermont and then through Massachusetts and Connecticut into Long Island Sound. 407 miles (655 km) long.
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How to use Connecticut in a sentence
The other photo that hangs there prominently is of Marsh cutting his snippet of the net after George Mason stunned Connecticut in the regional final to advance to the 2006 Final Four.
After decades together, Jay Marsh is saying good-bye, and George Mason is saying thanks | John Feinstein | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostSome states, including Connecticut and Nebraska, have removed this population entirely from priority consideration, using age alone to determine who goes first.
Vaccine lotteries and personal appeals: The medically vulnerable find their priority status slipping away | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostHouse Bill 5645, like Indiana’s 1312, would be based on gross revenues generated from ads served to Connecticut residents, but the precise numbers have not yet been laid out.
Media Briefing: Publishers’ and platforms’ businesses settle into the new normal | Tim Peterson | February 18, 2021 | DigidayCardona, a former fourth-grade teacher, is Connecticut’s education commissioner.
House to vote on removing GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees | Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostIn early 2000, I went to Walker’s Connecticut office to interview him about how it works, and to get the goods on his plans to roll it out across the country.
GameStop futures rally again. Should investors worry? | Bernhard Warner | February 3, 2021 | Fortune
Robert M. Dowling is professor of English at Central Connecticut State University.
Malloy, meanwhile, in his first term as governor of Connecticut, has delivered on a wish list of lefty priorities.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConnecticut was the first state to raise it to $10.10 an hour after President Obama called for it.
Dan Malloy Is Progressives’ Dream Governor. So Why Isn’t He Winning? | David Freedlander | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is scheduled to continue campaigning on Monday, attending rallies for Republican candidates in Florida and Connecticut.
That number is about the population of small towns like Phuket in Thailand or Danbury in Connecticut: no small achievement, that.
Kailash Satyarthi, Malala's Nobel Peace Prize Co-Winner, Is Fighting India's Child Slavery Epidemic | Dilip D’Souza | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe graduated at Yale college, and at the commencement of hostilities was appointed to the chief command of the Connecticut troops.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe was for many years judge of a court in Connecticut, and is known as the author of the popular poem, McFingal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIndian battle at Turner's falls, on Connecticut river above Greenfield.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe Connecticut tobacco grower is in all respects a man of genuine refinement and nobility of soul.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Who is not carried back to good old times as he reads this sketch of Connecticut goin' to meetin' fifty years ago?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Connecticut
/ (kəˈnɛtɪkət) /
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a state of the northeastern US, in New England. Capital: Hartford. Pop: 3 483 372 (2003 est). Area: 12 973 sq km (5009 sq miles): Abbreviation: Conn., (with zip code) CT
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a river in the northeastern US, rising in N New Hampshire and flowing south to Long Island Sound. Length: 651 km (407 miles)
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Cultural definitions for Connecticut
State in the northeastern United States; southernmost of the New England states, bordered by Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and New York to the west. Its capital is Hartford, and its largest city is Bridgeport.
Notes for Connecticut
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