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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The cost, Hicks said, was about £8 per pupil, amounting to £1,700 for the year group.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
"Gout Gout shows how individual characteristics can shape world-class speed in different ways," says Dr. Hicks.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
“When good casting is sublime, it disappears,” said Richard Hicks, a governor of the branch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“El dedazo is not appropriate in California,” Becerra told me, referring not to Hicks but to other Democrats who have suggested that he and others withdraw.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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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