Hawkins

[ haw-kinz ]

/ ˈhɔ kɪnz /

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noun

Sir Anthony Hope "Anthony Hope", 1863–1933, English novelist and playwright.

Coleman, 1904–69, U.S. jazz saxophonist.

Also Hawkyns. Sir John, 1532–95, English slave trader and rear admiral.

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How to use Hawkins in a sentence

Hawkins has straddled the two worlds of neuroscience and AI for nearly 40 years.
“We’ll never have true AI without first understanding the brain”|Will Heaven|March 3, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Overall, The RealReal is “pivoting” to offer more convenience, Hawkins said.
How 2020 canceled the concept store|Jill Manoff|December 29, 2020|Digiday
Hawkins is proposing an eco-socialist Green New Deal, while Jorgensen is proposing a much smaller government to solve the nation’s problems.
I am not throwing away my shot! Do third-party presidential candidates stand a chance?|Truthbetold|November 2, 2020|TruthBeTold.news
This treated water is not clean enough to drink, Hawkins says.
A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets|Stephanie Parker|September 24, 2020|Science News For Students

Hawkins and his team are looking at different techniques for removing these nutrients, perhaps turning them into a fertilizer.
A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets|Stephanie Parker|September 24, 2020|Science News For Students
Monk said to Hawk, 'You're the great Coleman Hawkins, right?
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sharpton had led a series of protest marches through Bensonhurst after Hawkins was killed.
Tupac Shakur’s Race-Killer Prison Pal Talks|Michael Daly|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of poems is titled “For Mrs. Hawkins” and is “in memory of Yusuf Hawkins.”
Tupac Shakur’s Race-Killer Prison Pal Talks|Michael Daly|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hawkins had sought to keep the peace by buying a Snickers bar.
Tupac Shakur’s Race-Killer Prison Pal Talks|Michael Daly|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two players who crossed paths with him were not allowed to enter the league in 1966, Connie Hawkins and Roger Brown.
Mark Cuban Warns That Basketball Players Could Get the Sterling Treatment Next|Evan Weiner|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well might Sir Charles Hawkins hesitate to believe what the experience of sixty years has barely sufficed to make plain to us.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
His collected works, with autobiography, were published in 1865 under the editorship of Charles Hawkins.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
He will be in Exeter, miles away, probably working at papers of the law with my other friend, Peter Hawkins.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
As a theorist, Sir John Hawkins says, his book is equal in value to any now extant in any language.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
Csar Hawkins, Esq. deposed that he had been acquainted with the duchess several years, he believed not less than thirty.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2|Camden Pelham

British Dictionary definitions for Hawkins

Hawkins

/ (ˈhɔːkɪnz) /

noun

Coleman. 1904–69, US pioneer of the tenor saxophone for jazz

Sir John. 1532–95, English naval commander and slave trader, treasurer of the navy (1577–89); commander of a squadron in the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada (1588)

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