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Knies

American  
[knees] / knis /

noun

  1. Karl Gustav Adolf 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.


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And Marner found Knies with a cross-ice pass to one-time a slap shot from the right circle at 18:23.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Rybar stopped Brendan Brisson and Sean Farrell in the shootout before Matt Knies shot wide.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022

“It’ll be a moment I won’t forget for a long time,” said Knies, who also played for the U.S. against Slovakia in the world junior championship in December.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

"It’ll be a moment I won’t forget for a long time," said Knies, who also played for the U.S. against Slovakia in the world junior championship in December.

From Fox News • Feb. 15, 2022

But this perpetuality, brother, as Knies said, of the immutability of the old zoology, did not long hold out against the ever-swelling tide of the historical movement.

From Evolution in Modern Thought by Weismann, August