Nieman

[ nee-muhn; Polish nye-men ]

/ ˈni mən; Polish ˈnyɛ mɛn /

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noun

Polish name of Neman.

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Words nearby Nieman

Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, niello, Nielsen, Nielsen rating, Nieman, Niemann-Pick disease, Niemen, Niemeyer, Niemoeller, Niemöller

How to use Nieman in a sentence

Caro spent the Nieman year immersed in study—reading, taking classes, attending lectures—about government and urban planning.
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He was a 2014 Nieman Fellow for Journalism at Harvard University.
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As the Nieman Report concluded, a lack of diversity has a simple outcome: “bad journalism.”
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Indeed, the Harvard graduate was recruited as a candidate to run the Nieman Foundation.
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Of the Nieman Marcus group, yes, and he was a well-known and rather very rabid liberal.
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Not till after Walther sang: Nieman kan mit gerten kindes zuht beherten.
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At eight or nine o'clock he was seen with Kunze driving to the cottage, and he was afterward seen in Nieman's saloon with Kunze.
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We find the great German tenor, Albert Nieman, singing the grand opera roles at eighteen.
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