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Dix

American  
[diks] / dɪks /

noun

  1. Dorothea Lynde Dorothy, 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.

  2. Otto, 1891–1969, German painter and printmaker.

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The rapper’s legal team on Monday requested he carry out his sentence at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security federal prison in New Jersey.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Paul Dix, CTO and co-founder at California-based database firm, InfluxData says in any economic downturn or disruption, junior software developers were the ones who got hit hardest.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

In 1939, Dix was thrown in jail over an improbable accusation that he was involved in an assassination attempt against Hitler.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

Dix told The Daily Progress newspaper that he has changed during the last seven years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

One of the new guys who came in was from Fort Dix.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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