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Vinson

American  
[vin-suhn] / ˈvɪn sən /

noun

  1. Frederick Moore, 1890–1953, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1946–53.


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Skylar Vinson also had a two-run home run.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

Another carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, was likewise ordered from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East last summer during the previous flare-up with Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Carson 5, West Torrance 0: Skylar Vinson threw five scoreless innings and also had two hits for the Colts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

“It is absurd to see a dictator,” Chief Justice Vinson wrote in his dissent in Youngstown Steel, “in a representative product of the sturdy democratic traditions of the Mississippi Valley.”

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

In filling out the papers, the white officer misspelled Grandpa’s name, making him Richard Vinson instead of Richard Wilson.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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