Lynn

[ lin ]

/ lɪn /

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noun

Janet Janet Lynn Nowicki, born 1953, U.S. figure skater.

a seaport in E Massachusetts, on Massachusetts Bay.

a male given name, form of Lincoln, Linton.

Also Lynne. a female given name, form of Caroline or Carolyn.

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Words nearby Lynn

Lyndora, Lyndsay, Lynen, Lynette, Lyngvi, Lynn, Lynn Canal, Lynnfield, Lynnwood, Lynwood, lynx

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How to use Lynn in a sentence

Hypnotherapists should avoid using the technique to “recover” memories, Lynn says.
How Hypnosis Works, According to Science|Eleanor Cummins|April 28, 2022|Time
She moved across the ice rather slowly, especially when compared to Lynn, who seemed to zip back and forth.
The Quad Jump Revolution Has Transformed Women’s Figure Skating. How Far Will It Go?|Dvora Meyers|February 3, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
When Sam Bansfield first started working as a material handler at General Electric’s Lynn, Massachusetts plant in 2012, she remembers the noise—the loud clanking of her coworkers in the piece-making wing of the jet engine factory.
U.S. Taxpayers Bankrolled General Electric. Then It Moved Its Workforce Overseas|Abby Vesoulis|November 9, 2021|Time
The end of Sunday’s 27-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills may have been Lynn’s most troubling moment yet.
What to know from NFL Week 12: Tyreek Hill and Derrick Henry took over as the coronavirus loomed|Adam Kilgore|November 30, 2020|Washington Post

Lynn said he liked the idea because it allowed RepresentUS to showcase the threat from both domestic political developments and from this emerging new technology.
These deepfake videos of Putin and Kim have gone viral|Jeremy Kahn|October 2, 2020|Fortune
"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup|Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The cover story was titled “Kim Kardashian: The Art of Reality,” and written by M.I.A. BFF Lynn Hirschberg.
That Time Kim Kardashian Freaked Out About Being Captured Nude on a Magazine Cover|Marlow Stern|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Republican senatorial candidate Terri Lynn Land is losing in Michigan.
The (Sloppy) Swift-Boating of Michigan Democrat Gary Peters|Tim Mak|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With Terri Lynn Land looking like a goner, Republicans are throwing a wild Hail Mary—using 2004 tactics to gain a Senate seat.
The (Sloppy) Swift-Boating of Michigan Democrat Gary Peters|Tim Mak|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lynn Meekins, the managing editor, decided against wasting time and energy on extras.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A broad, level road leads from Boston to King's Lynn, a place of considerable size.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Lynn saw that his remark was injudicious, and endeavoured to atone for it, by the most delicate assiduity of attention.
Alone|Marion Harland
Led by the members for Lynn and Coventry the house showed unmistakeably that it was at length determined to submit no longer.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert
Still, it was a marvel that the impassioned Lynn should recognise in her the embodiment of his poetic dream of woman.
Alone|Marion Harland
Nothing appeared less likely, at this period, than the fulfilment of Lynn's prognostications of his destiny.
Alone|Marion Harland

British Dictionary definitions for Lynn (1 of 2)

Lynn¹

/ (lɪn) /

noun

another name for King's Lynn Also called: Lynn Regis (ˈriːdʒɪs)

British Dictionary definitions for Lynn (2 of 2)

Lynn²

/ (lɪn) /

noun

Dame Vera, original name Vera Margaret Lewis . born 1917, British singer popular during World War II and known as "the forces' sweetheart". Her best-known songs are "We'll Meet Again" and "White Cliffs of Dover"

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