Hays
Americannoun
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Will (Harrison), 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
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a city in central Kansas.
Example Sentences
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Claire Hays Montaigne, a new mother and a physician, lived heroically for two years with her cancer as we and her doctors scoured the globe for a breakthrough drug.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Ch Supt Adam Hays said: "This is a tragic incident. We are at the very early stages of our inquiries."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Last week, the two guys who host it, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, sold it to OpenAI for a sum that the Financial Times reported was in the “low hundreds of millions.”
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
But Coogan and Hays insist they are not journalists, even if they line up interviews with key figures in the industry who offer insightful access to the Silicon Valley world.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Mudgett left Mooers Fork at midnight, without paying his lodging bill to Hays.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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