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Weems

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[weemz] / wimz /

noun

  1. Mason Locke Parson Weems, 1759–1825, U.S. clergyman and biographer.


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As you approach, listen closely: Weems also commissioned an original jazz piece, “The Obama Suite,” which plays in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2026

Still, Weems argued, Bushart’s refusal to delete the post left authorities little choice.

From Salon Oct. 30, 2025

Diby’s classmate Autumn Weems, 16, added that the ability to vote has motivated her to become more informed about the issues affecting her school.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2024

The kids at school Monday would probably whisper around him and treat him with respect—the way they’d all treated Billy Joe Weems last year after his father had been killed in a car crash.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

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