Hershey

[ hur-shee ]

noun

1. Alfred Day, 1908–97, U.S. biologist: helped lay the foundation of modern molecular genetics; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.
2. Lewis B(laine), 1893–1977, U.S. Army general: director of the Selective Service System 1941–70.
3. Milton Snave·ly [sneyv, -lee], 1857–1945, U.S. businessman: founder of chocolate manufacturing company.
4. a town in central Pennsylvania.

Example Sentences

Hershey, Nestle and Mars broke their pledges to end child laborI’ve ordered dozens of boxes of chocolates in the past eight months.

From Washington Post

Kody Clark, Brett Leason, Garrett Pilon, Joe Snively and Riley Sutter were loaned to Hershey.

From Washington Post

We sell to many different customers here in Mexico like Hershey, Mars, and so on, and we have to be competitive.

From MIT Technology Review

Plus, Yuengling is selling a Hershey’s beer, and more news to start your dayDisney is laying off 28,000 workers from its parks, experiences, and consumer products division, the company announced yesterday.

From Eater

Hershey starts receiving Halloween orders in May from retailers and says that it is so far pleased with how those sales are tracking.

From Fortune

The life of the man she married, Hershey, was threatened, and his business was destroyed.

From The Daily Beast

The Hershey pitch itself was, to use a modern term, a tipping point.

From The Daily Beast

Put two Hershey Milk Chocolate bars into a bowl and microwave for two minutes on 50% power.

From The Daily Beast

Another top contender in the Oscar race is Barbara Hershey, as the smothering mother of fragile Natalie Portman in Black Swan.

From The Daily Beast

Occasionally we indulged in a little teasing at Miss Hershey's expense, but without solving the mystery of her correspondence.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Hershey discreetly kept in the library, where she alternated embroidering with copious letter-writing.

From Project Gutenberg

We returned home to find Miss Hershey and Mr. Claybourne awaiting us with another practical discussion.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Hershey carried off Helen to make a list of guests; Mr. Claybourne took me into the library.

From Project Gutenberg

Each time Miss Hershey's watchful eye would ferret me out, and I would be handed over to another young creature.

From Project Gutenberg