Allison

[al-uh-suhn]

noun

1. Donald Donnie, born 1939, and his brother, Robert (Bobby ), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.

2. a first name, form of Alice.

Example Sentences

Computer science isn’t the safe bet it used to be, so a lot of students are majoring in business, says Allison Slater Tate, director of college counseling at a private prep school in Florida.

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Greater autonomy in aviation will become less novel over time—just as with driverless taxis, predicts Eric Allison, chief product officer at flying-taxi startup Joby.

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They’re signed by administrative officials — one Julian Allison, warranty trustee, and notary public Brenda J. Hord — rather than being autographed by the artist.

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Allison Rose Socol, a policy expert at EdTrust, an organization focusing on civil rights in schools, decried what she called the “demo crew” in McMahon’s office.

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And that leaves room for Judge Allison Burroughs in Massachusetts to tell the justices that it’s really not helpful to condemn lower courts when they can’t follow shadow docket orders.

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