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McCormick

American  
[muh-kawr-mik] / məˈkɔr mɪk /

noun

  1. Anne Elizabeth O'Hare, 1882–1954, U.S. journalist and foreign news correspondent, born in England: Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence 1937, first female recipient.

  2. Cyrus Hall, 1809–84, U.S. inventor and businessman noted for his contributions to the design and production of harvesting machinery.

  3. Patricia Pat, 1930–2023, U.S. springboard and platform diver: Olympic gold medalist 1952, 1956.

  4. Robert Rutherford Bertie, 1880–1955, U.S. newspaper publisher noted for his outspoken promotion of political conservatism.


McCormick British  
/ məˈkɔːmɪk /

noun

  1. Cyrus Hall. 1809–84, US inventor of the reaping machine (1831)

"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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The proposed combination with Unilever’s foods business–expected to create a company valued at more than $65 billion, including debt–should close by mid-2027, McCormick said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

When the proposed deal between Unilever and McCormick was announced, shares in both companies fell around 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Additional authors include four former Scripps PhD students: Shailja Gangrade, Lillian McCormick, Ariel Pezner and Yassir Eddebbar, who is now a Scripps climate scientist.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

McCormick had served on the EAC since 2014 and previously worked as a senior trial attorney in the voting section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Conspicuously, he did not invite McCormick of the C.D.C.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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