Thurber

American  

[thur-ber] / ˈθɜr bər /

noun

1. James (Grover) 1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.

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Thurber British  

/ ˈθɜːbə /

noun

1. James ( Grover ). 1894–1961, US humorist and illustrator. He contributed drawings and stories to the New Yorker and his books include Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with E. B. White

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Among their circle were Margaret Anderson, James Thurber and Ernest Hemingway, who had his own favorite chair in Flanner’s apartment, built low-slung for nursing mothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

Thurber noted that Obama and Biden required their appointees to comply with an ethics pledge to avoid conflicts of interest.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025

“She had a will of steel, but she also had a lot of grace and warmth,” said Thurber, “and that’s not always the case with speakers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

"We observed that some species of coral seem to remember exposure to past marine heat waves and maintain a higher level of health in subsequent heat waves," Vega Thurber said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023

When the humorist James Thurber was writing for New Yorker editor Harold Ross in the 1930s and 1940s, the two men often had very strong words about commas.

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