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Stevens
[stee-vuhnz]
noun
Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.
John Cox 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.
John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.
Nettie Marie 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.
Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.
Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.
Stevens
/ ˈپːəԳ /
noun
Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792–1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)
Stevens
American biologist who identified the role of X and Y chromosomes in determining the sex of an organism. Stevens studied the chromosomes of mealworm beetles, first establishing that chromosomes are inherited in pairs. She later showed that eggs fertilized by X-carrying sperm produced female offspring, while Y-carrying sperm produced male offspring. She extended this work to studies of sex determination in various plants and insects.
Example Sentences
Specifically, the commission urged Congress to gut the 1978 Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to get the Olympic Committee out of the business of running youth sports programs at the grassroots level.
Deputy head teacher Kathryn Stevens said the problems "permeated every part of the school day".
Defensively, Stevens drew the tough assignment of containing Collier, a matchup nightmare for the entire Sparks unit.
Azurá Stevens has grown close to Jackson, frequently appearing in her TikTok videos, dancing and cutting up for an audience of half a million followers.
Gerald Ford named John Paul Stevens, who would later lead the liberal wing.
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