Phineas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Phineas and his best friend, Gene, are students at a New Hampshire boarding school in 1942.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The pair appeared in court alongside Phineas Float, 31, who was allegedly due to receive the packages and was arrested a few days later.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
Phineas Banning, the Yankee go-getter who earned his nickname “the father of the port,” needed to bury his 2-year-old son.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
The three-member panel will be chaired by Phineas Mojapelo, former deputy judge president of Gauteng province.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
Yet here is Phineas alive in Boston, walking, talking, and taking care of himself.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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