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HEMINGWAY
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• HEMINGWAY (noun)
The noun HEMINGWAY has 1 sense:
1. an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
Familiarity information: HEMINGWAY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
An American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ernest Hemingway; Hemingway
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
One of the reasons Earth has remained habitable is that this chemical cycle is slightly imbalanced, Hemingway says.
(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Hemingway notes, is an inorganic form of carbon.
(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)
Knowing exactly how that process occurs could help explain why the mixture of gases in the atmosphere has remained stable for so long, says lead author Jordon Hemingway.
(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)
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