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Becker

[ bek-er ]

noun

  1. Carl Lo·tus [loh, -t, uh, s], 1873–1945, U.S. historian.
  2. George Ferdinand, 1847–1919, U.S. scientist and mathematician.
  3. Howard Paul, 1899–1960, U.S. sociologist.


Becker

/ ˈbɛkə /

noun

  1. BeckerBoris1967MGermanSPORT AND GAMES: tennis player Boris (ˈbɒrɪs). born 1967, German tennis player: Wimbledon champion 1985, 1986, and 1989: the youngest man ever to win Wimbledon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Becker met Australian journalist Kate Webb during a layover in Hong Kong on that fateful journey to Cambodia.

It was during those hearings that Becker realized, “No one knew what it had meant to be a woman covering the Vietnam War.”

Becker’s nuanced storytelling follows Leroy’s career with respectful sensitivity, not drawing back from recounting the personal trauma that began to get the better of her.

One scientist who has taken up Becker’s line of inquiry is Michael Levin.

Becker, former director of the elections program at Pew Charitable Trusts who also worked in the Justice Department, said he sees the CBS role as an extension of his efforts to educate the public about voting issues.

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At the end of their call, the kid told Becker he would still walk over the bridge, but from now on would not look down.

The fight for marriage equality and legal cases has “sucked the air out of the room for other organizations,” says Brad Becker.

Both books, in their own ways, are trying to take (Boies and Olson) and give (Becker) credit.

But Becker attains much greater depth by interviewing the judge.

“I got to give Christian a little lesson in Yiddish-isms,” adds Becker.

Ferdinand Wilhelm Becker died; a distinguished German physician.

Becker's been sick, ye know, an' ain't paid his rent an' his wife's got a two weeks' old baby.

Becker was also considered the most capable musical critic in all Germany at that time.

Oh, Mother Becker, seas are dread,Their treacherous paths are deep and blind!

One authority, Dr. Becker, states that the beach sand all along the Alaskan coast contains enormous quantities of gold.

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