Cather
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Cather, Alyssa Torres, Valley View, Jr.: She had 22 home runs while batting .506 and driving in 46 runs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025
“It was a lovely party, with the whole world outside lost in snow,” Cather, the author of American classics like “My Ántonia” and “Death Comes for the Archbishop,” wrote to her friend Carrie Miner Sherwood.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
"You can't fault the archaeologists for thinking this way, because what other explanation is there?" said Jay Storz, a Willa Cather Professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023
“Nebraskans are lucky to call Willa Cather one of their own,” McCarthy said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
“That doesn’t do much for me. Just...Have you ever heard that Willa Cather quote? ‘I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.’”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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