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Jewett

American  
[joo-it] / ˈdʒu ɪt /

noun

  1. Sarah Orne 1849–1909, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.


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Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Jewett and Lawrence were trying to figure out how Americans could possibly stomach the incredible violence of the Vietnam War, which was coming into their living rooms for the first time.

From Salon May 26, 2025

So, Michael Riehle, John Jewett and colleagues wanted to develop molecular probes that would react to this change in pH, only "activating" in the alkaline portion of the midgut.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

Christina Jewett covers the Food and Drug Administration, which means keeping a close eye on drugs, medical devices, food safety and tobacco policy.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2024

“Much of the difficulty in the past has been due to the fact that Ernest Lawrence in particular had strong ideas in regard to policy, and talked about them generally,” Bush wrote Frank Jewett.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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