Sharps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sharps
After Christian Sharps (1811–74), U.S. gunsmith, who invented it
Example Sentences
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Sharps enlisted Hutchinson and Brave New World — which had staged “A View From the Bridge” and “On the Waterfront” on the barge before — for a reading of “The Hook” in 2019.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023
"I wrap it up to keep the air out of it," she said, pulling back the cling film plastic wrapping, to reveal a Sharps label on top of the box.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2022
These range from the 2018 Sharps Fire in Idaho to the 2020 Lefthand Canyon and Cameron Peak fires in Colorado.
From Scientific American • Feb. 7, 2022
A document from the city of College Park shows that her parents, William and Lucille Sharps, received $26,200 in exchange for their condemned Lakeland home on Feb. 5, 1975.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021
Sharps and flats used to notate music in these traditions should not be assumed to mean a change in pitch equal to an equal-temperament half-step.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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