Amos
Americannoun
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a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
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a book of the Bible bearing his name.
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a first name: from a Hebrew word meaning “burden.”
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a Hebrew prophet of the 8th century bc
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the book containing his oracles
Example Sentences
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The best resource on this is Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” drawing on decades of research with Amos Tversky.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The book’s focus is Ms. Stevens’s defense of Amos Lane, an ex-convict suspected of killing the sisters Bernice and Wanda Ipalook in August 1993.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In a 2024 exposé on Bowlero’s rise, Amos Barshad introduced a now-familiar category of villain — the private-equity vulture — as more than the average mercenary buying up distressed properties and selling off their parts.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Controversy has surrounded the publication of the final Amos report after one of the country's leading maternity investigators resigned over its conclusions.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
ALBUS: When Amos Diggory asked for the Time-Turner my father denied they even existed.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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