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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When Liam Hicks drove the first pitch of the second inning into the lower stands just inside the right-field foul pole, it was the first run Glasnow had given up in his last 12 innings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Michael David Hicks, a physicist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab who specialized in comets and asteroids, died in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Michael David Hicks, who studied comets and asteroids at JPL, was the first of the scientists who disappeared or died.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The design of the school, which already had separate areas for the youngest pupils, "lent itself really well to a pilot", added head teacher Jason Hicks.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“Ah did think about it one day,” Hicks said dreamily, “but then Ah forgot it and ain’t thought about it since then.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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