Nicolson
Americannoun
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Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
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Marjorie Hope, 1894–1981, U.S. scholar, educator, and author.
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Example Sentences
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To get closer to his feathered neighbors, Adam Nicolson built a treehouse designed for both human and avian inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
After his roadside epiphany, Mr. Nicolson “slowly developed a double thought: not only to learn something of birds but to make a place,” as he puts it, “that might be accommodating and receptive to them.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Sheriff Nicolson made no recommendations as North Lanarkshire Council already implemented a number of changes following Robyn's death.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
Sheriff Linda Nicolson said that there was no written comprehensive assessment of the risks faced by Robyn, which would have included an assessment of Sharron Goldie's mental capacity following a brain injury.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
As Harold Nicolson put it, he had a combination of “great flights of oratory with sudden swoops into the intimate and the conversational.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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