Stevens
Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.
John Cox [koks], /kɒks/, 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.
John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.
Net·tie Marie [net-ee], /ˈnɛt i/, 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.
Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.
Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.
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How to use Stevens in a sentence
As Stevens said, “He’s able to lift up and jump up over guys and not be affected by some of those challenges.”
Jaylen Brown Is Using The Midrange Shot To Reach A Different Level | Yaron Weitzman | January 29, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightLike Clarkson, Stevens is one of Alaska’s most powerful unelected public officials.
Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | November 18, 2020 | ProPublicaThe woman said she met with Stevens to talk about Clarkson in June.
Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | November 18, 2020 | ProPublicaStevens, meanwhile, started as a volunteer in the Butler University basketball department and was preparing to work at Applebee’s before being offered an assistant coaching position.
The Eastern Conference Finals Coaches Share The Same Strength | Jared Dubin | September 23, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSpo and Stevens have each only coached one below-average defensive team in their career.
The Eastern Conference Finals Coaches Share The Same Strength | Jared Dubin | September 23, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
Her decision was based on a tiny footnote written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens in 2005.
The Daily Beast met Stevens in a dreary New York hotel room.
Dan Stevens Blows Up ‘Downton’: From Chubby-Cheeked Aristo to Lean, Mean American Psycho | Tim Teeman | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSpeaking of T-shirts, Stevens is clearly big on merchandise.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved | Andrew Romano | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“At first I though it would be a good idea to change the name,” Stevens admits.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved | Andrew Romano | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"You know, Captain, it was eleven o'clock before I received orders to post the guard," said Stevens uneasily.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnStevens, I thought I told you to have this cross-roads guarded and the Yankee camp watched as soon as we decided to attack.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIt cost me one man killed and one man wounded, though I heard that Capt. Stevens died too the day after he was hit, poor fellow!
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieBenson, go right down to the Pennsylvania, and get the stateroom that is reserved for Alfred Stevens.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousSuppose I told you that Stevens, whom I knew, stole money—stole it when there was no excuse for it—when he didn't need it.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Stevens
/ (ˈstiːvənz) /
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
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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Scientific definitions for Stevens
[ stē′vənz ]
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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