Bates
Americannoun
noun
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Sir Alan ( Arthur ). 1934–2003, British film and stage actor. His films include A Kind of Loving (1962), Women in Love (1969), The Go-Between (1971), and The Cherry Orchard (1999)
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H ( erbert ) E ( rnest ). 1905–74, English writer of short stories and novels, which include The Darling Buds of May (1958), A Moment in Time (1964), and The Triple Echo (1970)
Example Sentences
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Wayne Bates, from the union, said the procedures could be "quite distressing", which was why schools should practise in the same way they would with fire drills.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Once they received their score that put them in first place, Chock and Bates watched the last dance of the night—and the one team between them and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
After just a year performing together, Cizeron, 31, and 33-year-old Laurence Fournier Beaudry pipped reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates to the title in Milan.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
MILAN—When they stepped off the ice on Wednesday night, Madison Chock and Evan Bates believed they had delivered a performance worthy of Olympic gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
“Run tell Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Winston what happened. They'll know more than us what to do about snakebite.”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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