Gilson
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"We don't want a consultation. We want this decree revoked," Indigenous leader Gilson Tupinamba, wearing a large headdress of blue and orange feathers, told a meeting with government representatives on Wednesday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Angolan sociologist Gilson Lázaro was not surprised by what happened in July.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025
After Empellon, I joined the team at Agern, a Danish restaurant with an amazing Icelandic chef named Gunnar Gilson.
From Salon • May 24, 2023
In a famous 1999 article, law professor Ronald Gilson argued that California’s lack of noncompete enforcement was actually an important factor in Silicon Valley’s success in the late 20th Century.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023
Only a few, and they the wisest, noted that he who had once been Long Tom Gilson grew fat and rosy; and these quoted a proverb about the wind and the shorn lamb.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
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