Parkes

/ pɑːks /

noun

1. Sir Henry. 1815–96, Australian journalist and politician born in England, five times premier of New South Wales, advocate of free trade and Federation, and a founder of the public education system

Example Sentences

“American knitters are probably the largest consumer bloc of yarn purchasers in the world,” Clara Parkes, author of Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool, told Slate.

From Slate

It would take at least a year, Parkes estimates, for a single new U.S. mill to get itself up and running to help meet demand, and given the volatile nature of the current economy, there’s no sure incentive to do so.

From Slate

Parkes says this is still likely to increase the cost for consumers, which is why some knitters stocked up ahead of different brands’ cutoff dates, and those who weren’t fast enough are now watching their orders languish in customs.

From Slate

“I really hope that for now we’ll manage to hold it together,” Parkes says, and has suggested smaller shops offer arbitrary digital purchases—quite literally PDFs that just say “hello”—as a gesture of financial support available to international customers.

From Slate

Diana Parkes, whose daughter Joanna Simpson was killed at her home in Berkshire in 2010, has also endorsed the calls for restricted zones.

From BBC