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Jewett

American

[joo-it] / ˈdʒu ɪt /

noun

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

But USC third base coach Travis Jewett was spinning his arm almost immediately, sending Dowd home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

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

As a check on his own reaction, he created yet another technical panel, this one headed by Jewett, to review Compton’s report.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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