Sullivan
Americannoun
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Annie Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy, 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.
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Sir Arthur (Seymour), 1842–1900, English composer: collaborator with Sir William Gilbert.
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Ed(ward Vincent), 1902–74, U.S. journalist and television host.
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Harry Stack 1892–1949, U.S. psychiatrist.
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John L(awrence), 1858–1918, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1882–92.
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Louis Henri 1856–1924, U.S. architect.
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Sir Arthur ( Seymour ). 1842–1900, English composer who wrote operettas, such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Mikado (1885), with W. S. Gilbert as librettist
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Louis ( Henri ). 1856–1924, US pioneer of modern architecture: he coined the slogan "form follows function"
Example Sentences
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Perrie Sullivan is due to appear again before Monaghan District Court in August.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Perrie Sullivan was remanded in custody with a further bail hearing scheduled for Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sullivan says he paid such a firm a one-time fee of 0.05% on the assets he contributed into a new ETF through a 351 exchange last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The current landscape serves well-heeled superfans, Sullivan says, but doesn’t do much to attract new fans the way widely available broadcast TV telecasts did in his youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
When Root saw early drawings of the Auditorium, he said it appeared as if Sullivan were about to “smear another façade with ornament.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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