Coleman
Americannoun
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Cy Seymour Kaufman, 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
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Ornette 1930–2015, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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Back in 1980, we all knew Parton could write and sing, but we didn’t know she could act — certainly not at the level of Fonda, Tomlin and Coleman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton's breakout screen role came in the 1980 workplace comedy 9 to 5, where she starred alongside Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
David Coleman, a plumber and mechanic whose more than 2.5 million TikTok followers know him as @Mechanicallyincleyend, uses social media for the opposite reason: He wants to make himself obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Between bites of a chocolate ice cream bar, Coleman proposes continuing on toward Santa Clarita, via the twisties on Bouquet Canyon and Spunky Canyon roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Though we lived in Bluefield, a couple of weekends each month we would all pile into the car and go to see either the Coleman or the Goble grandparents.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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