Robbins

[ rob-inz ]

/ ˈrɒb ɪnz /

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noun

Frederick C(hapman), 1916–2003, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize 1954.

Jerome, 1918–1998, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

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How to use Robbins in a sentence

Robbins is promoting a January viral “testing blitz” to help keep the campus safe.
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The letter also criticized Reilly and Robbins for disciplining a reporter for seeking to question Pompeo afterward.
Voice of America journalists demand resignation of news agency’s top leadership|Paul Farhi|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
Every night before he sleeps, Robbins places his hand into his son’s.
For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic.|William Wan|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
Robbins listened as the man described his daughter’s loss of hope — with so many still dying from the virus, protests in the streets, America at war with itself.
For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic.|William Wan|November 23, 2020|Washington Post

Robbins said he hopes to be able to test every person on campus daily by January.
How colleges have learned to combat the coronavirus|Caitlin Owens|October 16, 2020|Axios
But I trusted Tony Robbins could sort me out on both fronts.
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Like Robbins and the Rockefellers, speaking out against the source of family wealth becomes a source of authority.
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But for Reynolds and Robbins, obeying their consciences came with a price tag.
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The classes are so much fun Robbins says she tries to go every day.
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The next day, Agent Gomez called Arambula to meet him at their usual place, a Baskin Robbins in El Paso.
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The finest morning we have yet had: the Robbins, & blue Birds singing all around us.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
But Weld was still silent, and not a sound came from either side until old Robbins spoke up.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
At first he merely asked Robbins to lend him a shilling, and Robbins merely replied that he would do no such thing.
A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches|J. M. Barrie
A ring was immediately formed round Urquhart and Robbins, which I had the pleasure of breaking up.
A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches|J. M. Barrie
I got to know of this affair through Robbins' backing up of Cocky, and telling Urquhart that nobody was afraid of him.
A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches|J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for Robbins

Robbins

/ (ˈrɒbɪnz) /

noun

Jerome . 1918–98, US ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed the musicals The King and I (1951) and West Side Story (1957)

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