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fisher

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

Editorial note

The government puts a Fisher index on personal consumption expenditures, which include a lot of non-wheat items.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

noun

A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

noun

Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fisher.

Example sentences

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The government puts a Fisher index on personal consumption expenditures, which include a lot of non-wheat items.

2

However, Fisher showed that no matter how much you tried to stamp out hetero, it was an uncountable and infinite enumerable list.

3

Thanks, that's a very interesting essay by Thomas Fisher (Solicitor General of Indiana).

4

It says that Fisher made a list of all the possible differences in the tea cups used in his famous Lady Tasting Tea experiment [1, 2].

5

He made sure Carrie Fisher got her daily dose of...euh...

6

A program for monetary reform by Fisher et al in 1939 received the support of 235 economists from 157 universities and colleges but was not imple- mented.

7

In his blog, Fisher says he was relieved the court didn't use the Chevron approach, but it seems like that would be preferable to red-lining the law as you say.

8

I use my Fisher Space Pen almost exclusively.

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I've tried a lot of pens, from fountain, to regular ballpoint, Fisher to Parker, and I'm yet to find a better pen than the Pilot G2 Retractable.

Quote examples

1

I describe AutoCad LT as either "Fisher Price" AutoCAD, or AutoCAD without the useful stuff.

2

Also according to Kindleberger ("manias, panics, crashes"), which is slightly more accessible than Fisher.

3

Remember the “Fisher-Price My First OS” jokes when Windows XP came out?

4

I think, roughly, the blame goes out to Fisher and anyone else who promoted the "Recipe for Understanding the World" style statistics.

Proper noun examples

1

And it isn't a coincidence, as you point out in the article, Fisher's math predicts this.

2

As did Kenneth Arrow[0], Merton&Scholes[1] (Fisher Black had already died at that point, and they don't award it posthumously), and Aumann[2].

3

The Fisher-Yates method lets you get the same results without messing with the array length.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use fisher in a sentence?

The government puts a Fisher index on personal consumption expenditures, which include a lot of non-wheat items.

What does fisher mean?

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

What part of speech is fisher?

fisher is commonly used as noun.