Corey
Americannoun
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Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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“Make Nice” is structured as a day-by-day account of the family’s stay on the island, with the focus shifting from Viv to Pete to Corey to Viv’s mouthy 14-year-old daughter, Ash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Matthew Dawson and Richard Corey are senior park aides who worked as lifeguards under Pearsall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The officers who killed Corey Ruiz should and may face accountability.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
"The referendum is the cloud over everything," said Corey Hogan, a Liberal MP from Calgary who invited dozens of his colleagues from across the country to this year's stampede to promote unity.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Most uncharacteristically, the manuscript he had sent to Cambridge had been published before his collaborator, R. B. Corey, could accurately measure the interatomic distances.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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