Steffens

[ stef-uhnz ]

/ ˈstɛf ənz /

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noun

(Joseph) Lincoln, 1866–1936, U.S. author, journalist, and editor.

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How to use Steffens in a sentence

You’ll be left with a crunchy film of starch, Steffens says.
5 ways cornstarch can change your life, in and out of the kitchen|Maggie Galloway|January 28, 2022|Popular-Science
The cornstarch you find in the store is made by grinding up corn, combining it with water, and extracting all the other parts of the corn you don’t need, such as the seed coating and protein, says Steffens.
5 ways cornstarch can change your life, in and out of the kitchen|Maggie Galloway|January 28, 2022|Popular-Science
To this inflammable material, Henrik Steffens merely laid the torch of his intelligence.
The Gold Horns|Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager
To govern a life insurance company, Mr. Steffens argued, was just as much "government" as to run a city.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann

Coming from a man who had seen as much of actual politics as Mr. Steffens, it puzzled me a great deal.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
It shames me to think what my friend Lincoln Steffens could have done had he but enjoyed my opportunities.
American Adventures|Julian Street
He became the friend and associate of Steffens and Oehlenschlger, warmly adopting the romantic views about poetry and philosophy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Steffens

Steffens

/ (ˈstɛfənz) /

noun

(Joseph) Lincoln. 1866–1936, US political analyst, known for his exposure of political corruption

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