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Addison

American

[ad-uh-suhn] / ˈæd ə sən /

noun

Joseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet.
Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician.
a town in NE Illinois.

Addison British

/ ˈædɪsən /

noun

Joseph. 1672–1719, English essayist and poet who, with Richard Steele, founded The Spectator (1711–14) and contributed most of its essays, including the de Coverley Papers

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“Then we were at Coachella watching Addison Rae and she was doing ‘Fame Is a Gun’ and we were like, ‘It has to be this.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

When we meet in April, they’re still recovering from Coachella, where Yang braved horrible foot blisters for Addison Rae and Sabrina Carpenter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The crowd at the Indio festival, for instance, went wild for the puppets swooning to Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit tune “Diet Pepsi.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Jenny Addison had a season ticket for Hearts for 20 years before she moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 2018.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Basically, if Blue finds out that Martin Addison has screenshots of our emails, I'm pretty sure he’ll freak out.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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