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Atkins

American  
[at-kinz] / ˈæt kɪnz /

noun

Atkins plural
  1. Chester Chet, 1924–2001, U.S. country-and-western singer and musician.

  2. Tommy Atkins.


Atkins British  
/ ˈætkɪnz /

noun

  1. Robert C . 1930–2003, US physician, cardiologist, and nutritionist. An advocate of complementary medicine, he devised a widely-used diet (the Atkins diet ) based on controlled intake of carbohydrates for weight management and disease prevention

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Ros Atkins reports on how the new PM uses social media to get his message across.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Fellow Americans Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins will be assistant referees while Italian Maurizio Mariani is the fourth official.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“You would think it should be down,” Atkins said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Atkins and SEC’s two other commissioners now argue that stockbrokers already have a strict legal duty to execute trades with the most favorable terms for their clients, making the trade-through rule superfluous.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

In their play Diary of a Red Army Woman, writers Violet Atkins and William Bacher introduced their American audience to a fictional Russian female bomber pilot.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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