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Vinson

American  
[vin-suhn] / ˈvɪn sən /

noun

  1. Frederick Moore, 1890–1953, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1946–53.


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Carson 5, Narbonne 3: Joseph Meza struck out seven in five innings and Skylar Vinson and Fernando Barajas each had two hits for Carson in the Marine League opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Another carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, was likewise ordered from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East last summer during the previous flare-up with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

“It is absurd to see a dictator,” Chief Justice Vinson wrote in his dissent in Youngstown Steel, “in a representative product of the sturdy democratic traditions of the Mississippi Valley.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Three new Ford-class nuclear carriers, the next generation after the Carl Vinson, are currently under construction, although two will not be in service until the next decade.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

In filling out the papers, the white officer misspelled Grandpa’s name, making him Richard Vinson instead of Richard Wilson.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright