Appleseed
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Appleseed myth reached a high point in 1948, when Walt Disney released an animated musical film about a gentle soul who spent his days “workin’, singin’, carefree, and gay.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Ann Baddour is the director of the Fair Financial Services Project at Texas Appleseed, a nonprofit organization focused on social, economic and racial justice issues in the Lone Star state.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
The latter will utilize the same Appleseed Avenue set, although additional spaces will be built out.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
At any rate, the need to build a new installation will force Evans to shut down his Johnny Appleseed operation.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
We might even imagine a kind of Martian Johnny Appleseed, robot or human, roaming the frozen polar wastes in an endeavor that benefits only the generations of humans to come.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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