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  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • The reviewer for The New York Times, Olin Downes, described the contraption as "a sort of a box on a tripod, with antennae," and so it is today.

    Boing Boing 2005

  • The next morning, Mr. Olin Downes of the New York Times, while praising the concert, criticized Mr. Stravinsky on the ground that many times during the work he completely ignored his own markings of expression in the score.

    What Is This Business of Conducting? 1940

  • [157.2] John Verbruggen, whose name Downes spells "Vanbruggen," "Vantbrugg," and "Verbruggen," is first recorded as having played Termagant in "The Squire of Alsatia," at the Theatre Royal, in 1688.

    An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

  • Mayor Todd Strange has playfully dubbed Downes the city's community and urban garden czar, but in many ways the title is deserved.

    montgomeryadvertiser.com - Go 2010

  • Mayor Todd Strange has playfully dubbed Downes the city's community and urban garden czar, but in many ways the title is deserved.

    montgomeryadvertiser.com - Go 2010

  • Mayor Todd Strange has playfully dubbed Downes the city's community and urban garden czar, but in many ways the title is deserved.

    montgomeryadvertiser.com - Go 2010

  • I recall Downes saying that he does not believe on reports ticketed as research.

    education & tech 2009

  • '' Downes '' (DD-375), '' Helm '' (DD-388), and '' Shaw '' (DD-373); seaplane tender '' Curtiss ''

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • '' Downes '' (DD-375), '' Helm '' (DD-388), and '' Shaw '' (DD-373); seaplane tender '' Curtiss ''

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He was ill, and it was, says Downes, "a theatrical cry for help".

    Borromini: the first architect 2011

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