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Sorokin

American  
[suh-roh-kin, saw-, suh-raw-kyin] / səˈroʊ kɪn, sɔ-, sʌˈrɔ kyɪn /

noun

  1. Pitirim Alexandrovitch 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.


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“This means that both capital and operating costs to bring this resource out of the ground will grow,” Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said at a conference last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Alawieh’s lawyers accused the government of “willfully” disobeying the court’s order, prompting Sorokin to demand an explanation.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

The reference hardly seems accidental: Netflix was criticized for paying fake heiress Anna Sorokin a hefty fee for the rights to adapt her life story into “Inventing Anna.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

“By no stretch of the imagination or of standards of genius,” Sorokin concluded, “is the ‘gifted group’ as a whole gifted.’

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell