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McCormack

American  
[muh-kawr-mik] / məˈkɔr mɪk /

noun

  1. John, 1884–1945, U.S. tenor, born in Ireland.

  2. John William, 1891–1980, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1962–70.


McCormack British  
/ məˈkɔːmæk /

noun

  1. John. 1884–1945, Irish tenor: became US citizen 1919

"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

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McCormack and the Toms are due back in court for a status hearing on Nov. 17.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Dr. McCormack said it is essential to create a clear process for incorporating ice sheet model projections into policies addressing sea level rise.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

But the film’s screenplay — a biting, laugh-a-minute wonder penned by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack — shrewdly plays with genre conventions and audience expectations, illuminating more depth with every other sentence.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

"I'm a hardened scientist, but it's even warmed the cockles of my heart," McCormack said.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Farmer convinced a well-heeled Duke classmate, Todd McCormack, to join the PIH board of advisers, as did, some months later, a fellow Harvard anthropology and medical student named Jim Yong Kim.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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