Cheney

[chey-nee, chee‑]

noun

1. Richard Dick, born 1941, U.S. politician: secretary of defense 1989–93; vice president of the U.S. 2001–09.

Cheney

/ ˈtʃeɪnɪ /

noun

1. Richard B ( ruce ), known as Dick. born 1941, US Republican politician; vice-president from 2001 to 2009

Example Sentences

Davis Cheney, 30, was one of the millions of investors who flooded into the markets during the pandemic, when many people found themselves stuck at home and flush with cash.

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“I was playing computer games and someone mentioned they made $20 on a stock,” said Cheney, who lives in Las Vegas.

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The next year, a wave of enthusiasm among individual investors like Cheney propelled the stock’s meteoric rise.

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Cheney still has a day job, now as a cardiovascular sonographer.

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And Liz Cheney—the former representative, whom Mr. Ambar otherwise praises for embracing the rule of law—invoked the same Lyceum-based plea for “reverence for the law” in a 2022 speech—but one that lambasted “radical liberalism and wokeness.”

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