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Pickens

American  
[pik-uhnz] / ˈpɪk ənz /

noun

  1. Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.

  2. Fort. Fort Pickens.


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Tom Pickens, chief executive and chief technology officer says, "All of it is challenging."

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Chadwick had learned the activism ropes at Relational Investors, where he worked with longtime rabble-rousers Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, who themselves had worked with the corporate raider T. Boone Pickens.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

The late T. Boone Pickens, the chief benefactor for Oklahoma State, built an oil fortune that he dispersed to the Cowboys.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Grant’s two-out, two-run homer to right field off Tennessee ace Karlyn Pickens, a no-doubter that traveled 251 feet and appeared to pull the score even at 4-4, was in doubt for about 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2025

About the same time as Marsha's prosecution, Bridget Lee gave birth to a stillborn baby in Pickens County, Alabama.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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