Locke

[ lok ]

/ lɒk /

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noun

Al·ain Le·Roy

[al-in luh-roi, lee-roi], /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ, ˈli rɔɪ/, 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.

David Ross "Petroleum V. Nasby", 1833–88, U.S. humorist and journalist.

John, 1632–1704, English philosopher.

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Words nearby Locke

lockable, lockage, lock bay, lockbox, lockdown, Locke, Lockean, locked and loaded, locked bowels, locked in, locked-in syndrome

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How to use Locke in a sentence

That distinction leaves it up to Locke to disclose whether she was paid to post it — as would be required by the Federal Trade Commission’s endorsement guidelines — but that’s only if she was, in fact, paid to post it.
As gray area between ads and paid influence grows, Mozilla calls on TikTok to tighten controls on political videos|Kate Kaye|June 4, 2021|Digiday
Instead of appearing on TikTok as a result of purchasing ad inventory through the platform’s ad sales team or self-serve ad-buying tool, Locke’s post was uploaded to the platform as an organic video.
As gray area between ads and paid influence grows, Mozilla calls on TikTok to tighten controls on political videos|Kate Kaye|June 4, 2021|Digiday
Locke was keen to highlight the bigger picture of people’s full humanity beyond gender identity as well as focus on Ari’s words and feelings about their words, rather than labeling their gender on the page.
Why It's Crucial to Talk to Kids About Gender Pronouns|Suyin Haynes|June 3, 2021|Time
Locke told us in an interview that the line between lobbying and educating at the institute was unclear.
A Timber Lobbyist Called Our Investigation “Completely Bogus.” We Have the Receipts to Show It’s Not.|by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting|March 8, 2021|ProPublica

Although Drew Locke, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles have shown no symptoms, they were placed in five-day quarantine as high-risk close contacts to Jeff Driskel.
Tyreek Hill and Derrick Henry deliver monster performances in NFL Week 12|Cindy Boren, Mark Maske, Des Bieler|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
By 2002, he was sitting alongside Pope on the board of the John Locke Foundation.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chu left the administration in 2013, Locke went on to become Ambassador to China, and then resigned this year.
There Are No Asian-Americans In The Cabinet For The First Time Since 2000|Tim Mak|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Locke mentioned it in his Second Treatise on Government; Milton dreamed of it in Paradise Lost.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He replaces former Washington governor and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke who stepped down earlier this year.
Baucus To Be Ambassador To China|Ben Jacobs|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In his Second Treatise of Government, Locke helped lay the conceptual groundwork for the American rebellion.
Russell Brand: Not Quite a Messiah|James Poulos|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She possessed also a great and philosophic mind, and wrote an able defence of Locke.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He wore thin sireduelt in a smooky roofe, must take tobacco and must weare a locke.'
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
We must here repeat what Locke has so strongly urged—Define your terms.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
John Locke, an American physician and naturalist, died at Cincinnati, aged 64.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
This is kindred to the saying of Locke, that "men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing."
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell

British Dictionary definitions for Locke

Locke

/ (lɒk) /

noun

John. 1632–1704, English philosopher, who discussed the concept of empiricism in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690). He influenced political thought, esp in France and America, with his Two Treatises on Government (1690), in which he sanctioned the right to revolt

Matthew. ?1630–77, English composer, esp of works for the stage

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