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Cummings

American

[kuhm-ingz] / ˈkʌm ɪŋz /

noun

Edward Estlin e e cummings, 1894–1962, U.S. poet.

Cummings British

/ ˈkʌmɪŋz /

noun

Edward Estlin (ˈɛstlɪn), (preferred typographical representation of name e. e. cummings ). 1894–1962, US poet

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Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Coroner Simon Cooper found that the "now-dead forensic pathologist Dr Royal Cummings was the person who provided the large majority of coronial specimens to the museum".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“We went into this with pretty healthy inventories, but those are being drawn down, and that’s when it gets really precarious,” said Cummings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Judge Cummings said: "If there ever was any remorse it is completely nullified by these offensive lies."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Cummings was just trying to release some stress by confiding in someone; she assumed it would go no further.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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