Addison

[ad-uh-suhn]

noun

1. Joseph, 1672–1719, English essayist and poet.

2. Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician.

3. a town in NE Illinois.

Addison

/ ˈædɪsən /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Officially incorporated as “Addison,” the town is known as Webster Springs after the sulfur waters that made it a tourist destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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That’s what happened in the final breaths of Game 6 of the World Series when Hernández played against-all-orders shallow and picked off an Andrés Giménez line drive and threw to second to double off a straying Addison Barger and end the game with an intact 3-1 edge.

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If you can chart it, technical analyst Andrew Addison can analyze it.

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A thunderous kill by Addison Coady ended the third set and Mater Dei opened a seven-point lead early in the fourth to ensure there would be no comeback by the home side.

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Addison Bellamy is learning this while applying for project-management roles.

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