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creighton

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for creighton.

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My old friend and usenet denizen Laura Creighton was the one who wrote the device driver and verified the story.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A placename

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of creighton gathered in one view.

noun

A placename

noun

A surname.

noun

A male given name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for creighton.

noun

A placename

noun

A surname.

noun

A male given name.

noun

A city in Nebraska, United States.

Example sentences

1

My old friend and usenet denizen Laura Creighton was the one who wrote the device driver and verified the story.

2

A well developed period tracking system with a long history is the Creighton Method.

3

For instance, at least according to the State Department Historian[1] it was General Creighton Abrams that first suggested bombing enemy bases in Cambodia.

4

MacDonald: The young politician by Donald Creighton Comedy of errors by Wm.

5

Wake me up when Creighton and Colorado drop out of the game.

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History of women in the Python world: In 2006, the first two women were voted in as PSF fellows, Laura Creighton and Anna Martelli Ravenscroft.

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The most memorable libertarian I recall was Laura Creighton who, notably, was not a man.

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I suppose you could technically use the Creighton Model with our app, though it's not the method we provide educational info for.

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> The Creighton Model is another method which relies on the categorization of observed cervical mucus.

10

Is there a place I can buy a Michael Creighton book DRM-free?

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I know nothing about Creighton (other than I am obligated to hate the school with a passion as a born-and-bred but non-attending Saluki), but it's also in the city.

12

You grow up with it, maybe you went to Catholic grade school and high school, perhaps even a Catholic college (Notre Dame if you're lucky, Creighton or Marquette if you didn't get that 1500 on the SAT or a 34 on the ACT that you wanted).

Quote examples

1

Compare the Google results for "Creighton Abrams Cambodia" with "Henry Kissinger Cambodia" to see how slanted things are.

2

It's part of a quote that's generally rendered as: "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." It's from a letter written by Lord Acton to Bishop Creighton in 1885.

3

The title had me remembering the line from Michael Creighton's "Sphere" where one of the people asks why we always imagine alien spacecraft crashing on land when 70% of the world is covered in ocean.

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Creighton replied, ”Senator, what I was—first, it was a default, not an exclusive.

Proper noun examples

1

Some Catholic scientists and Catholic universities (Creighton, Marquette, Georgetown, etc.) took him up on it.

2

Creighton is claiming that competition needs to flourish - one important aspect is that competition in an ecosystem you control falls under this statement.

3

I've seen Laura Creighton's name on Python lists - I believe she's on LinkedIn.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use creighton in a sentence?

My old friend and usenet denizen Laura Creighton was the one who wrote the device driver and verified the story.

What does creighton mean?

A placename

What part of speech is creighton?

creighton is commonly used as noun.