Morrison
Americannoun
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Herbert Stanley 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
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Toni 1931–2019, U.S. novelist: Nobel Prize 1993.
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a male given name.
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Herbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth. 1888–1965, British Labour statesman, Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security in Churchill's War Cabinet (1942–45)
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Jim, full name James Douglas Morrison. 1943–71, US rock singer and songwriter, lead vocalist with the Doors
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Toni, full name Chloe Anthony Morrison. born 1931, US novelist, whose works include Sula (1974), Song of Solomon (1977), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1998): awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993
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Van, full name George Ivan Morrison. born 1945, Northern Irish rock singer and songwriter. His albums include Astral Weeks (1968), Moondance (1970), Avalon Sunset (1989), and Days Like These (1995)
Example Sentences
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Morrison didn’t publish her first novel until she was 39, and it took Tuchman decades to achieve a level of success that allowed her to fully commit to a writing career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Bitcoin is also supported by renewed institutional demand, with spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recording two consecutive weeks of net inflows, Trade Nation’s David Morrison says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Morrison, who grew up in eastern Montana with a nurse mother and incarcerated father, was a founding member of Bozeman Tenants United, the union chapter that has since helped the mobile home parks strike.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Autonomous vehicles have also failed to recognize traffic cones, flashing lights, and other safety threats such as smoke and fire, according to a letter from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Jonathan Morrison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
While Mr. Morrison talked with one of the police, the men from the hearse maneuvered a gurney up the rotting steps.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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