Stevens

[stee-vuhnz]

noun

1. Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.

2. George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.

3. John Cox 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.

4. John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.

5. Nettie Marie 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.

6. Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.

7. Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.

Stevens

/ ˈstiːvənz /

noun

1. Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792–1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

2. Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)

Stevens

1. American biologist who identified the role of X and Y chromosomes in determining the sex of an organism. Stevens studied the chromosomes of mealworm beetles, first establishing that chromosomes are inherited in pairs. She later showed that eggs fertilized by X-carrying sperm produced female offspring, while Y-carrying sperm produced male offspring. She extended this work to studies of sex determination in various plants and insects.

Example Sentences

“Everybody would go and ask for their support, not just the money. You wanted the name on the endorsement list,” Stevens said.

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“We the People have had enough of the illegal actions being carried out by this sham administration,” Amy Stevens, one of the Orange County demonstration’s organizers, said in a statement.

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Commissioner Grant Stevens said authorities were searching a wider area based on updated assessments from survivability, medical and search specialists, rather than any new information.

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Reacting to the police decision, Neil Stevens said he was "greatly relieved".

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“This thing impacts people differently and it can change hour by hour,” Stevens said.

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