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neck

[nek] / nɛk /
NOUN
narrow connector
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Laird & Co. was launched with a facility in Colts Neck, N.J., distilling applejack made from orchards in Monmouth County.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

He co-led the study with Dr. Jochen Lorch, a professor of medicine at Feinberg and the medical oncology director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program at Northwestern Medicine.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

He’s living in a delightfully ’70s midcentury modern house in Colts Neck, NJ, on the edge of a reservoir.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Holed up at a rental home in Colts Neck, N.J., in late 1981, Bruce has just finished a tour and is trying to readjust to the quiet, which is just too loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Mr. Neck picks his nose when he thinks we aren’t looking.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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