Rasmussen

[ ras-moo-suhn ]

/ ˈræs mʊ sən /

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noun

Knud Jo·han Vic·tor

[knoothyoo-hahn-veek-tawr], /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/, 1879–1933, Danish Arctic explorer.

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How to use Rasmussen in a sentence

The finding “suggests some sort of weird mechanism that hasn’t been seen before,” Rasmussen says, but doesn’t mean that Ebola outbreaks from dormant viruses in humans are going to be happening all the time.
The latest Ebola outbreak may have started with someone infected years ago|Jonathan Lambert|March 12, 2021|Science News
More than just a legal advocate, Rasmussen was the person Steese leaned on for almost everything.
A Las Vegas Judge Approves $1.4 Million Payment to Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Served More Than Two Decades|by Megan Rose|March 2, 2021|ProPublica
Under the Nevada law, Rasmussen will be paid $23,000 by the state to cover the fees associated with filing his compensation petition.
A Las Vegas Judge Approves $1.4 Million Payment to Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Served More Than Two Decades|by Megan Rose|March 2, 2021|ProPublica
Rasmussen set up a financial literacy program and adviser to help Steese manage his now sizable estate.
A Las Vegas Judge Approves $1.4 Million Payment to Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Served More Than Two Decades|by Megan Rose|March 2, 2021|ProPublica

After Steese was released from prison in 2012 without so much as an apology, much less any resources, Rasmussen took up his case pro bono.
A Las Vegas Judge Approves $1.4 Million Payment to Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Served More Than Two Decades|by Megan Rose|March 2, 2021|ProPublica
Not anymore: A Rasmussen poll out last week now shows Pryor ahead by a whisker, and the race is now essentially a tie.
A GOP Senate? Why It Won't Come Easy|Lloyd Green|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a nice bit of symmetry, 56% of Democrats said that Bush should be impeached in July of 2007, according to a Rasmussen survey.
The Absurd Impeachment Feedback Loop|John Avlon|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What Gallup and Rasmussen did was assume that minorities must be disenchanted with Obama.
Paying People to Lie to You Has Consequences|David Frum|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Never take these people seriously again: Karl Rove, Dick Morris, Scott Rasmussen.
Various Thoughts: Demography, Rove, Morris, the Great Nate, &c.|Michael Tomasky|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Um...Rasmussen's party affiliation number for electorate in October is...39.1R-33.3D.
Turnout Turnout Turnout|Michael Tomasky|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was scarcely credible, but it was undeniable; Madame Rasmussen herself was the authority.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Madame Rasmussen sat down to embroider some cushions to put in the window, for the chaplain could not bear the slightest draught.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
He had given George Rasmussen's apparition cool, careful observation.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
"Don't fall," said Rasmussen, who was still sitting there with the thermometer in his hand.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
Some of the people Rasmussen saw had never even heard of white men or of any of the things the white man makes.
The Silent Readers|William D. Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for Rasmussen

Rasmussen

/ (Danish ˈrasmusən) /

noun

Knud Johan Victor (knuð joˈhan ˈviktɔr). 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer and ethnologist. He led several expeditions through the Arctic in support of his theory that the North American Indians were originally migrants from Asia

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