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Quincy

American  
[kwin-zee, -see, kwin-see] / ˈkwɪn zi, -si, ˈkwɪn si /

noun

  1. Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.

  2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

  3. a city in W Illinois, on the Mississippi.

  4. a male given name.

Example Sentences

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“Wars are fought in two spaces,” said Narges Bajoghli, associate professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University, in a recent Quincy Institute briefing.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

New Order went on to have huge success in the US, being signed by Quincy Jones and playing the Hollywood Bowl.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

He produced hip-hop tracks, wrote the score for an off-Broadway play attended by Quincy Jones, and came under Jones’ tutelage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The first concerns Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, which supports an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Quincy I don’t know how we got home.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

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