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Nesbit

[nez-bit]

noun

  1. E(dith), 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.



Nesbit

/ ˈnɛzbɪt /

noun

  1. E ( dith ). 1858–1924, British writer of children's books, including The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) and The Railway Children (1906)

“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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“We aren’t looking to do business in India,” said John Nesbit, CEO of The Customer Factory.

I read Hans Christian Andersen’s sad and frightening tales; I read the E. Nesbit books, and the usual children’s classics of the time, such as Treasure Island and Peter Pan.

“I also tell people, ‘These are statistics that come from a large group of people, but you’re an individual person,’ ” said Nesbit.

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“Hundreds of millions of people in the United States have safely received Covid vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history,” Jeff Nesbit, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said in an emailed statement.

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He had two interceptions, but it didn’t help that the Tar Heels were without top wide receiver Tez Walker and tight ends Bryson Nesbit and John Copenhaver.

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