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Kennett

American  
[ken-it] / ˈkɛn ɪt /

noun

  1. a town in SE Missouri.


kennett British  
/ ˈkɛnɪt /

verb

  1. slang (tr) another word for jeff

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"There are different levels of shocked quartz," Kennett said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

"Touchdown events can cause extreme damage through very high temperatures and pressures," Kennett said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

"We also capitalized on major developments in computational modeling that allowed us to look at the relationships between these datasets in ways not previously possible," Kennett said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

UC Santa Barbara archaeologist Douglas Kennett, who has spent years examining the development of Classic Maya cities, notes that researchers have debated this question for decades.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

As if to prove his point, headlines flared in 2007 when a twenty-six-person scientific team led by the oceanographer James Kennett proposed that a comet three miles in diameter struck Canada eleven thousand years ago.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann