Wilkins

[ wil-kinz ]

noun

1. Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator.
2. Mary Eleanor. Mary E(leanor Wilkins) Freeman.
3. Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
4. Roy, 1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77.

Wilkins

/ ˈwɪlkɪnz /

noun

1. WilkinsSir George Hubert18881958MAustralianTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aviator Sir George Hubert. 1888–1958, Australian polar explorer and aviator
2. WilkinsMaurice Hugh Frederick19162004MBritishNew ZealandSCIENCE: chemist Maurice Hugh Frederick. 1916–2004, British biochemist, born in New Zealand. With Crick and Watson, he shared the Nobel prize 1962 for his work on the structure of DNA

Wilkins

/ wĭl′kĭnz /

1. British biophysicist who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA. He worked with Rosalind Franklin to produce x-ray studies of DNA that helped Francis Crick and James Watson establish its structure as a double helix. For this work Wilkins shared with Crick and Watson the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Example Sentences

Another $1 million will be available in each of the next two fiscal years, both starting July 1, Wilkins said.

From Washington Post

Teachers citing health concerns had to provide substantiation from a medical professional, Wilkins said.

From Washington Post

Wilkins said that, as vaccinations proceed, “we expect the number of staff on-site to increase steadily over the next several weeks.”

From Washington Post

When Wilkins noted the motion and asked if there was a lawyer there related to it, Boney stood up and identified himself as a publisher — but, according to Boney, Wilkins cut him off and said he had already ruled on the matter.

From Washington Post

Questions for Wilkins and Chief District Court Judge Bradley Allen, sent through the Alamance County court clerk, were not returned.

From Washington Post

This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.

From The Daily Beast

From Rielle Hunter to YaVaughnie Wilkins, Paula Froelich reports on our favorite top ten.

From The Daily Beast

The Benton and Wilkins families have both been visited by this devil, both have suffered the worst tragedies.

From The Daily Beast

Benton entered rehab right after Wilkins died but has said on his Facebook page that he has been living in Mexico City.

From The Daily Beast

Which means that Benton, while still not a suspect, is not entirely off the hook in the Wilkins investigation.

From The Daily Beast

Of course not,” said Wilkins, “proverbial philosophy asserts and requires that doctors should disagree.

From Project Gutenberg

Again Wilkins shouted at the top of his voice, and waved his arms more frantically than before.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilkins got such a start that he tripped over one of the thwarts in trying to take aim, and nearly upset the boat.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a general laugh at this, for it was well known that Wilkins was the worst shot of the party.

From Project Gutenberg

A few hours later, Wilkins found Vyrtl and a small retinue resting beside a pool at the edge of the forest.

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