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Hockett

American  
[hok-it] / ˈhɒk ɪt /

noun

  1. Charles, 1916–2000, U.S. linguist and anthropologist.


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Robert Hockett, a financial regulation expert at Cornell University, believes it’s time to make the overarching guarantee explicit.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Mr. Hockett and others argue that insuring all deposits could improve the banking system.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Hockett, 73, went on to be a clinical researcher in pharmaceuticals.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

Hockett transported him to Loder’s hometown of Buffalo to bury him in the same graveyard as his mother.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

Hockett, also in his early thirties, had spent nine years selling and then trading derivatives for Deutsche Bank in Tokyo.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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