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Hobson

[ hob-suhn ]

noun

  1. Laura Z(a·met·kin) [z, uh, -, met, -kin], 1900–86, U.S. novelist.
  2. Richmond Pear·son [peer, -s, uh, n], 1870–1937, U.S. naval officer and politician.


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Example Sentences

In a statement to The Washington Post, Hobson declined to specify the measures.

Dambisa Moyo, an economist and author, said Hobson is “the best of our generation.”

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Ullman was named chair and Hobson vice chair in 2018 when long-time Starbucks leader Howard Schultz stepped down from the coffee chain.

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Moyo has praised Hobson for being an advocate of financial literacy, and the two women have appeared together at the Economic Club of Chicago.

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Earlier this year, Princeton University said it would name a residential college for alumna Hobson, recognizing her donation for a project to be built at a site that once honored Woodrow Wilson.

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Everest Hobson – Director George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson gave this elevated name to their new daughter.

But beyond the day-to-day Hobson's choice, it is now clear that the surveillance state has extended beyond what anyone intended.

George Lucas welcomes a daughter with wife Mellody Hobson via surrogate.

Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson interviews Alfred Rascon, a U.S. Army veteran and Medal of Honor recipient.

“It might be time to stop calling us a preschool band,” Hobson noted.

Here Grace loved to sit and watch the conflict, and here she was when Tom Hobson rode by.

Two miles out from Portland, Morgan was brought to bay—and not by Hobson alone.

Hobson's Bay is a much larger tract of water, being close upon ninety miles in circumference.

This was a good thing for Hobson and his men, for Spanish boats were soon rowing out to where the ship had gone down.

"All night long we stayed there with our noses and mouths barely out of the water," says Hobson.

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