Stevens

American  

[stee-vuhnz] / ˈsti vənz /

noun

1. Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.

2. George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.

3. John Cox 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.

4. John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.

5. Nettie Marie 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.

6. Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.

7. Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.

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Stevens British  

/ ˈstiːvənz /

noun

1. Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792–1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

2. Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)

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Stevens Scientific  

/ stē′vənz /

1. American biologist who identified the role of X and Y chromosomes in determining the sex of an organism. Stevens studied the chromosomes of mealworm beetles, first establishing that chromosomes are inherited in pairs. She later showed that eggs fertilized by X-carrying sperm produced female offspring, while Y-carrying sperm produced male offspring. She extended this work to studies of sex determination in various plants and insects.

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Alanis Morissette is releasing an album called Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, while Sufjan Stevens is issuing a compilation of his festive output, titled Worst Christmas Ever.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

El-Sayed won despite a last-minute curve ball in his campaign when congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, came out in support of Rogers at the 11th hour.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

He had been making a similar argument as Stevens for weeks, though he wasn’t willing to go quite so far as to cross party lines.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Haley Stevens, the Democratic congresswoman who narrowly lost to El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate primary, has brought the drama in the race’s closing days.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

After she dressed, Dr. Stevens pulled over a wooden stool.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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