Boston

[baw-stuhn, bos-tuhn] / ˈbɔ stən, ˈbɒs tən /

NOUN

capital of massachusetts

Synonyms

STRONG

Beantown

WEAK

Athens of America Cradle of Modern America Hub of the Universe Puritan City the City of Kind Hearts the Cradle of Liberty the Hub the Walking City

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Boston

He invited Joshua and a half-dozen other tech folks to a Boston bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tarik Skubal underwent the procedure as a college freshman and Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet had it in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Boston judge found that Harvard’s case relied mainly on incidents from 2023 and 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Boston followed in second place, with a 14% jump in active listings.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

They had come down from Boston and were renting a condo really close to my house while she went for a bunch of tests and treatments at the hospital in New Haven.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott