Poughkeepsie

[ puh-kip-see ]

noun

1. a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.

Example Sentences

“I was like 35 years old, and I was in Poughkeepsie,” Shanley said in a phone interview during a rehearsal break last month.

From New York Times

"In the past, we had this very static picture of planet formation, almost like there were these isolated zones that planets formed out of," explained team member Colette Salyk of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

From Science Daily

Myers attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, a member of the FCS Pioneer League, not exactly on the beaten path of NFL scouts.

From Seattle Times

Scholars recently gathered to debate the problem at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., during a two-day workshop focused on an idea known as panpsychism.

From Scientific American

And yet, Vassar, a liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, where tuition this year is $67,000, has systematically paid its female professors less than their male counterparts for the past two decades, according to a recent federal lawsuit.

From Seattle Times