Sumner
Americannoun
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Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
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James Batcheller 1887–1955, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1946.
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William Graham, 1840–1910, U.S. sociologist and economist.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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St. Mary’s campus, was built in 1899 by architects Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Claude’s contribution,” Sumner said, “was seeing how they fit together.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As it turns out, Sumner played an invaluable role in this math breakthrough despite not understanding any of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: I was really taken by something I heard you say about Charles Sumner, who represented Massachusetts in the Senate from 1851 to 1874.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Early Monday morning, Grampa and I drove up to Sumner.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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