Used in a Sentence

quincy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quincy.

Editorial note

Although they've gotten increasingly commercially commoditized, Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall, Newbury Street and the Prudential Center are mostly done right.

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Quick take

A female given name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quincy gathered in one view.

noun

A female given name.

noun

A surname from Old French.

noun

Any of a number of places in the US named after people with the surname, including:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quincy.

noun

A female given name.

noun

A surname from Old French.

noun

Any of a number of places in the US named after people with the surname, including:

noun

A census-designated place, the county seat of Plumas County, California. Originally named Quinsy.

Example sentences

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Although they've gotten increasingly commercially commoditized, Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall, Newbury Street and the Prudential Center are mostly done right.

2

Go out to some place like North Cambridge or Quincy and you're looking at a $40+ cab ride home.

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Along those lines, Quincy and Bruce used to have a saying while they were mixing.

4

Someone who looks and sounds like Will I Am, or Quincy Jones, or Colin Powell all good choices.

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Since that article was written, Dell, Yahoo, Vantage, and Sabey have all constructed data centers in the Quincy area.

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Instead, Quincy autopsying the corpse before the opening credits are even finished.

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Microsoft ran heaters at Quincy to avoid a contractual obligation.

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> tend to overestimate Quincy Jones’ role Also, clearly wrong (as any hardcore MJ buff will tell you).

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Famously, John Quincy Adams served in the House for nine terms (17 years) after his single term as president, where he spent most of his time fighting to abolish slavery.

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Before you get your due remember all of Michael Jackson's best selling hits were produced by Quincy Jones who is very much a fan of those musical masters that came before.

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Sure students have always played pranks or messed around (I think of John Quincy Adams at Harvard getting caught streaking on the lawn drunk), but it's clear that sort of thing was uncommon.

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- John Quincy Adams It was until recently (the early 1900s) that the policy of the United States to stay entirely out of any foreign affairs other than her own.

Quote examples

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Even Quincy Jones says about Michael, "Sometimes the hand of god just lingers a bit longer over someones head".

2

He links the "steel mills" phrase to a page on a Microsoft datacenter in Quincy, WA.

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Quincy Jones did not want "Billie Jean" to appear on Thriller; he felt that the song was too weak to be part of the collection.

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It's also worth remembering that America was selling opium to China too, and that John Quincy Adams spoke in favour of the opium wars from a "free trade" stance.

Proper noun examples

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Come to Quincy's, there's a road off of Southern Artery where their back door is.

2

Much of what was the early Michael Jackson sound was Quincy's creation.

3

He arrived in Taiwan in 1982 not knowing a word of Chinese, and having a thick south Boston (specifically Quincy, I think) accent that made his English sound strange to most Americans who met him.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quincy in a sentence?

Although they've gotten increasingly commercially commoditized, Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall, Newbury Street and the Prudential Center are mostly done right.

What does quincy mean?

A female given name.

What part of speech is quincy?

quincy is commonly used as noun.