Stephens

[ stee-vuhnz ]

/ ˈsti vənz /

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noun

Alexander Hamilton, 1812–83, U.S. statesman: vice-president of the Confederacy 1861–65.

James, 1882–1950, Irish poet and novelist.

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How to use Stephens in a sentence

Stephens played 13 games with Seattle last season and three with Miami in 2019, primarily on special teams.
Washington Football Team signs TE Deon Yelder and CB Linden Stephens as veteran free agents|Nicki Jhabvala|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
Stephens — who was a college teammate at Cincinnati with fifth-round pick, safety Darrick Forrest — went undrafted in 2018 and, like Yelder, signed with the Saints as a college free agent that year.
Washington Football Team signs TE Deon Yelder and CB Linden Stephens as veteran free agents|Nicki Jhabvala|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
As Stephens notes in the documentary, the move by local leadership to override the decision to cancel and stage an event anyway was almost certainly motivated by a fear of negative publicity.
This New Film Debunks the Tarahumara Myth|Martin Fritz Huber|December 8, 2020|Outside Online
Stephens, however, who was in bad health, didn’t live to see the decision from the Supreme Court.
Funeral home to pay $250K after firing Aimee Stephens for being transgender|Chris Johnson|December 2, 2020|Washington Blade

If you’re puzzled how the MSCHF team bagged a real investor from a real firm for a dubiously real project, the mystery fades when you find Stephens is unsurprisingly a backer of MSCHF itself.
MSCHF’s Push Party raises an unconventional seed round at a $200 million valuation|Lucas Matney|November 9, 2020|TechCrunch
Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern|Lloyd Green|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
America, Stephens writes, is not necessarily in “decline” but rather “retreat.”
‘America in Retreat’: Why Neo-Isolationism Exploded Under Obama and What We Can Do About It|James Kirchick|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You might not know who Rick Rosenthal and Nancy Stephens are.
Meet the Hollywood Power Couple Who Bet Big on the Midterms—and Lost|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Back to the drawing board and what a circus we will have to watch,” Stephens said.
Meet the Hollywood Power Couple Who Bet Big on the Midterms—and Lost|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sloane Stephens Why You Might Know Her: In early 2013 she became the first American teenager to defeat Serena—ever.
12 Things You Didn’t Know About the Quirky Stars of Wimbledon|Nicholas McCarvel|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From thence with Mr. Cooke that made them, and Mr. Stephens the silversmith to the tavern, and did give them a pint of wine.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Captain Stephens tried to reach the hotel to propose, as he stated, terms of surrender.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It|Rev. Samuel Vanderlip Leech
Captain Aaron D. Stephens was lying on a cot in the same room.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It|Rev. Samuel Vanderlip Leech
The money came in slowly and though Stephens could enrol a revolutionary army he could not equip it.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein|Robert Mitchell Henry
Colonel Stephens introduced me to my audience in the evening, and made pleasant reference to the brave and chivalrous Custer.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback|Willard Glazier