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Sims

American  
[simz] / sɪmz /

noun

  1. William Sowden 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.


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At Minnesota, Sims was also the doctoral adviser for Lars Peter Hansen, who won the Nobel in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Blinder remembered Sims as a stunning intellect—“I couldn’t keep up with him to actually be a collaborator,” he said—but one who carried his intelligence lightly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Living near the Boundary Waters satisfied Sims’s penchant for the outdoors, and he loved taking his kids on camping and canoeing trips, Cathie Sims recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Not just the ones I make up or the ones I play with on Sims.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera