Hicks
Americannoun
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Edward, 1780–1849, U.S. painter.
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Granville, 1902–82, U.S. writer, educator, and editor.
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Sir John Richard, 1904–1989, British economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
Example Sentences
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Yet Liverpool fans, who still bear the scars of the Tom Hicks and George Gillette era, are viewing the potential high-profile investment cautiously.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The FBI was on its way Saturday evening to assist local law enforcement with the investigation, Hicks said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by email.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Or to believe that Edward Hicks, who was a Quaker and led a spartan life, was complicit in the horrors visited on Native Americans in the name of land acquisition?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Mighty glad tuh have yuh. Hicks is the name. Guv’nor Amos Hicks from Buford, South Carolina. Free, single, disengaged.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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