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Thomsen

American  
[tom-suhn] / ˈtɒm sən /

noun

  1. Christian Jürgensen 1788–1865, Danish archaeologist.


Thomsen Scientific  
/ tŏmsən /
  1. Danish archaeologist who introduced the three-part system for the chronological classification of prehistoric artifacts, divided into the Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages.


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“I feel like my leaf blower has changed my life,” I confided to Thomsen.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

Surveys have shown declining levels of reading and comprehension among Danish teenagers, said Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, vice-chair of the government's working group on literature.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

Thomsen could well have substituted Wood Age for Stone Age, according to Thomas Terberger, an archaeologist and head of research at the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lower Saxony, in Germany.

From New York Times May 4, 2024

“I’m lucky enough to be an attorney and it’s very, very murky to me,” Democratic commission member Mark Thomsen said Tuesday.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2024

The reason I was standing way up on Thomsen Hill, instead of down at the game, was because I'd just got back from New York with the fencing team.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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