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McPhee

American  
[muhk-fee] / məkˈfi /

noun

  1. John Angus, born 1931, U.S. writer.


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McPhee marveled: “The industry is self-regulating and pays its own way.”

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Thus began one of the strangest incidents in American history, which Andy McPhee documents in “The Doctors’ Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The book also features words from Neneh Cherry and Joe McPhee.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

McPhee, the chief executive of Chilewich, a woven-textile designer and manufacturer, was comforted by the fact that 97% of the company’s products are made entirely in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025

Geologists, as McPhee has noted, found themselves in the giddying position that "the whole earth suddenly made sense."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson