Dickinson

[ dik-in-suhn ]

/ ˈdɪk ɪn sən /

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noun

Edwin (Walter), 1891–1978, U.S. landscape and still-life painter.

Emily (Elizabeth), 1830–86, U.S. poet.

John, 1732–1808, U.S. statesman and publicist.

a town in W North Dakota.

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Words nearby Dickinson

dicker, Dickerson, dickey, dickeybird, dickhead, Dickinson, Dickinson, Emily, dickite, dick pic, Dickson, Dick test

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How to use Dickinson in a sentence

Dickinson later told reporters Howard said to “embrace the suck” and he wouldn’t complain again about the circumstances.
Men’s Sweet 16 teams might be stuck in Indy with idle time, but they don’t want to leave.|Emily Giambalvo|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
Dickinson said Howard never made any promises, and the personality traits that shined through during the recruiting process have shone only brighter in the past year.
Juwan Howard’s first banners at Michigan came down. He’s ready to hang another one.|Kareem Copeland|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
“They wanted to damage or destroy some sort of government building or infrastructure to get the response of law enforcement and, hopefully, the overreaction of the federal government,” Dickinson told the court.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.|by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE|February 1, 2021|ProPublica
She’s abroad for two years while she directs Dickinson’s science study abroad program.
The hard work of going away for a long, long time|Christopher Elliott|January 6, 2021|Washington Post

When he stared again, Dickinson was called for the technical.
Maryland runs out of answers for Hunter Dickinson and Michigan|Emily Giambalvo|January 1, 2021|Washington Post
“And there is definitely a bit of Susan in this [with] Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf,” she said.
Annie Leibovitz Talks About ‘Pilgrimage,’ Susan Sontag, Vogue & More|Justin Jones|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dickinson did this as a game and a test—she loved riddles and turned herself into a riddle wrapped in her own lines.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gary Cohen is executive vice president at BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.) and the founder of Together for Girls.
How Your Company Can End Violence Against Girls|Gary Cohen|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.
A Teacher Returns to the Classroom and Gets Schooled|Nick Romeo|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What would Dickinson do if Jones wanted to work in his unnamed strip club?
He Humiliates Women Online and In His Strip Club, Like a Good Liberal|Olivia Nuzzi|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second point Mr. Dickinson did not clearly answer, although it was undoubtedly most fundamental.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
John Dickinson saw the matter in the same light, a light which his superior abilities enabled him to portray in more lurid colors.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
It decided to adopt Mr. Dickinson's petition; and to this measure John Adams submitted.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
In these measures Mr. Dickinson acquiesced, as John Adams had submitted to the petition.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
"Come up to my room and we'll see what's on hand," said Doc, entering the Dickinson.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for Dickinson

Dickinson

/ (ˈdɪkɪnsən) /

noun

Emily. 1830–86, US poet, noted for her short mostly unrhymed mystical lyrics

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