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Carson

[kahr-suhn]

noun

  1. Christopher Kit, 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.

  2. Sir Edward Henry Baron Carson, 1854–1935, Irish public official.

  3. Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer.

  4. Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author.

  5. a city in SW California.

  6. a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 miles (241 km) long.

  7. a male or female given name.



Carson

/ ˈkɑːsən /

noun

  1. Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent

  2. Edward Henry, Baron. 1854–1935, Anglo-Irish politician and lawyer; led northern Irish resistance to the British government's plan for home rule for Ireland

  3. Rachel ( Louise ). 1907–64, US marine biologist and science writer; author of Silent Spring (1962)

  4. Willie, full name William Hunter Fisher Carson. born 1942, Scottish jockey: rode four winners in the Derby (1979, 1980, 1989, 1994)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Carson

  1. American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement.

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But Santa Margarita coach Carson Palmer warned after his team’s win over Centennial, “We’re playing real good right now.”

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Carson Group’s Detrick notes that breadth often leads price, so signs of improving participation mean the broader indexes will likely continue to climb in the short term.

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Carson moved to within one of second-place Banning on the all-time titles list.

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Said first-year coach Carson Palmer: “To come out and just physically dominate … we just keep getting better and better. We’re playing real good right now and unfortunately have only one game left.”

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Carson said he hopes Public First will be a “rallying point for a pretty large community of people” who want guardrails around AI.

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