Adamic
Americanadjective
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Origin of Adamic
Example Sentences
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Adamic coined the phrase “the enormous village” to describe life here, as if L.A. were a small town that had grown too large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Per has, in effect, been exiled from Eden, for the Adamic sin of stealing apples.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2019
Apple engineer Steve Salika, 55, and his wife, Diana Adamic, 60, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2019
Apple engineer Steve Salika and his wife, Diana Adamic, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
There are not many in whose composition one cannot trace, not a tiny, but a broad vein of Adamic nature.
From At Last by Marion Harland
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