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Addams

American  
[ad-uhmz] / ˈæd əmz /

noun

  1. Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.

  2. Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.

Addams British  
/ ˈædəmz /

noun

  1. Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

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“You kinda have this Wednesday Addams vibe going on.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Frankie Addams “belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“The answer,” Mr. Cooper and Ms. Johnson promise, “is in here somewhere”—hidden among piles of arch testimony and macabre illustrations in the style of Charles Addams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Tim Burton directed the gothic music video to the latter song which also appeared on the soundtrack to the new Netflix Addams Family show, Wednesday, in which Gaga also makes a guest appearance.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

At the time of Riis’s talk, Riis and Addams were two of the best known people in America.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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