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Crèvecoeur

American  
[krev-kœr] / krɛvˈkœr /

noun

  1. Michel Guillaume Jean de J. Hector St. John, 1735–1813, French writer, statesman, and agriculturalist, in the U.S. after 1754.


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“It’s very nice evidence,” says Isabelle Crevecoeur, a physical anthropologist at CNRS, the French national research agency, who was not involved with the study.

From Science Magazine

“Finding articulated bones means the deposits must have been made very quickly, and then protected,” Crevecoeur says.

From Science Magazine

When Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., praised Jackson after hours of intense questioning and told her “you are worthy,” Catherine Crevecoeur, 25, felt that he had articulated the discomfort she had experienced during the hearings.

From Seattle Times

Those doubts, Crevecoeur said, can manifest in a lot of ways, such as when a new acquaintance expresses surprise that she attends one of the most prestigious schools in the country, or grappling with impostor syndrome in her first year at law school.

From Seattle Times

“It appears that one of the main lethal properties sought was to slash and cause blood loss,” Crevecoeur said.

From Reuters