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Lucas

American

[loo-kuhs] / ˈlu kəs /

noun

George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
a male given name, form of Luke.

Lucas British

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

George. born 1944, US film director, producer, and writer of screenplays. Films include American Graffiti (1973) and Star Wars (1977) and its prequels The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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The crew were accompanied by a plushie of their Moon mascot, designed by eight-year-old Lucas Yee from San Francisco, as they broadcast live from space.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Remember that this is a daily treatment,” Lilly Chief Financial Officer Lucas Montarce said recently at an investor conference.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Former senior Pentagon official Michael Horowitz, who was one of the leaders of the team that developed Lucas, said other militaries had the ability to make their own low-cost, long-range precision strike weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The men’s semifinals and final are Saturday and Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

And the wagon driven by Charlie Lucas, parked in front of William Rollins’s house, caught their attention.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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