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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)

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Dove soap-maker Unilever spun off its ice-cream business last year into the Magnum Ice Cream company, and recently clinched a deal with spice-maker McCormick to combine food businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Hersam is an expert in brain-inspired computing and holds multiple roles at Northwestern University, including the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

He co-led the study with Vinod K. Sangwan, a research associate professor at McCormick.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

“While others compete for calories, we flavor them,” McCormick Chief Executive Officer Brendan Foley said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He would be Mrs. McCormick, their public school principal, pressing his lips together until they almost disappeared, fluttering his eyelids.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte