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

  • A city of southwest Connecticut on Long Island Sound and the New York border. Settled in 1641, it became a major commercial center in the latter half of the 1900s when many corporations relocated here from New York City.

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Examples

  • STAMFORD -- Turnout for Tuesday's primary election has been weak so far in Stamford and

    Latest News 2010

  • STAMFORD -- More than 1,000 miles and a plane ride separate Stamford and Tuscumbia, Ala.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

  • STAMFORD -- A Fairfield man charged with illegally owning an endangered ape "capable of causing physical injury to humans" is set to appear Monday in state Superior Court in Stamford.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

  • STAMFORD - Four adults hosting a high school graduation party have been charged with allowing underage drinking in Stamford.

    RutlandHerald.com 2009

  • STAMFORD -- Charla Nash, the 55-year-old Stamford woman mauled by her friend's chimpanzee last month, lost her nose, lips, eyelids, hands and bone structure in her mid-face and suffered significant brain, eye and tissue injuries in the attack, according to a statement from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

  • Feb. 4 -- STAMFORD -- Some of the 167 Stamford residents who died after cardiac arrest last year could have been resuscitated and possibly saved with a procedure that less than a third received, said Dr. Thomas Nero, a Stamford Hospital interventional cardiologist.

    EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News 2009

  • STAMFORD -- A former bookkeeper for a Stamford towing company pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Thursday to stealing more than $250,000 from her employer.

    Greenwich Time Most Viewed 2009

  • STAMFORD -- A former bookkeeper for a Stamford towing company pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Thursday to stealing a quarter of a million dollars from her employer.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

  • STAMFORD -- A Stamford man set to begin trial in a summertime shooting outside a West Side club pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Tuesday.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

  • STAMFORD -- A former bookkeeper for a Stamford towing company pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Thursday to stealing more than $250,000 from her employer.

    Stamford Advocate Most Viewed 2009

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