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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 [koks], 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.
- Net·tie Marie [net, -ee], 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.
- Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.
- Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.
Stevens
/ ˈپːəԳ /
noun
- StevensThaddeus17921868MUSPOLITICS: politician 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
- StevensWallace18791955MUSWRITING: poet 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
/ ŧ′əԳ /
- 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
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., also reportedly witnessed the conflict and chastised Lake for talking to a senator like that.
A source close to the first minister confirmed to the BBC that the comment referred to Stevens.
Until then, John Stevens, who rents in Leiston, believes some landlords will look to move current tenants on in order to make use of East Suffolk Council's Sizewell C housing grants scheme.
As Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens understood, this phrase was likely not meant to disparage lawyers, but a recognition of the crucial role of lawyers in preserving the rule of law.
One of the key moments in today's hearing came when Eluned Morgan decided to say nothing, after being told that the Welsh Secretary, Jo Stevens, said she had welcomed the reforms.
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