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Carmichael

American  
[kahr-mahy-kuhl] / ˈkɑr maɪ kəl /

noun

  1. Hoagland Howard Hoagy, 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.

  2. Stokely Kwame Ture, 1941–1998, U.S. civil rights leader, born in Trinidad: chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1966–67.

  3. a town in central California, near Sacramento.


Carmichael British  
/ kɑːˈmaɪkəl /

noun

  1. Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929).

"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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In a 2022 Cosmopolitan cover interview, Haddish detailed the frugal budgeting she relied on to buy her very first house after appearing on “The Carmichael Show” in 2015.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

In Carmichael, we lived in a tract house in a nice neighborhood, but we were the only Black kids in town.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Carmichael said he feels the system has been neglected for years.

From BBC May 23, 2026

Peter Carmichael from NI Driving School said it's frustrating to have an MOT centre "just a couple of miles away" yet sometimes people have to travel a lot further to get a test.

From BBC May 23, 2026

“I wonder. It doesn’t sound as if Mrs. Coulter is very concerned about the child one way or the other. Perhaps Miss Carmichael wanted to get hold of her for some other reason.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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