Kuhn
Americannoun
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Margaret Maggie, 1905–95, U.S. activist: a founder of the Gray Panthers.
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Richard 1900–1967, German chemist, born in Austria: declined 1938 Nobel Prize at insistence of Nazi government.
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Thomas Samuel, 1922–96, U.S. writer, historian, and philosopher of science.
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Walt, 1877?–1949, U.S. painter.
Example Sentences
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The county lawsuit filed Monday seeks restitution for victims, something the state can’t seek, said assistant county counsel Scott Kuhn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Kuhn said the wildfire findings also exposed how disaster response systems can fail people who already are living without shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
But the paper overstates the risk of disruption, Benchmark’s Christopher Kuhn writes in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Kuhn tried to maintain both these views, despite the tension between them, by distinguishing revolutionary science from normal science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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