Acheson
Americannoun
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Dean (Gooderham) 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.
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Edward Goodrich 1856–1931, U.S. chemist.
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Example Sentences
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A place to start is the memoirs of Dean Acheson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
To entertain and distract herself while going through a divorce, Erika Acheson used Anthropic’s Claude to build a bot that generates images based on prompts from her and her friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
And the more hoops the court forces people to jump through before they can enforce their rights, the more often those rights will go unenforced—which is, of course, exactly what Acheson and its allies want.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023
Ms. Acheson owned Acheson at the time Ms. Laufer launched the lawsuit but has since sold it.
From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023
President Truman called the trial a "red herring," and Secretary of State Dean Acheson declared, "I do not intend to turn my back on Alger Hiss."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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