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Ogburn

American  
[og-burn] / ˈɒg bɜrn /

noun

  1. William Fielding, 1886–1959, U.S. sociologist and educator.


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And Ogburn, who noted that he was speaking personally and not for the medical school, worries that fears about the Texas laws have already delayed care.

From Salon May 13, 2022

They heard about Ogburn Station Meat Market on Facebook and made the trip, filling up a large cooler.

From Washington Times Apr. 6, 2020

“Make sure that the people you have named know what their responsibilities are, and send them copies of the documents,” said Rudy Ogburn, an estate planning lawyer in Raleigh, N.C.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2020

“That’s kind of a really exciting finding, to know they’re kind of your local rays, potentially, in that area,” Ogburn said.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2018

Recent studies of family incomes and budgets by Chapin, Ogburn, and others have thrown additional light upon the relationship between wages and the standard of living.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park

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