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regan

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

Editorial note

Honestly, Regan claimed he only slept this much as well, so it's not outside of possible human behavior.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun

A surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.

noun

A minor city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for regan.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname.

noun

A surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.

noun

A minor city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

noun

A female given name transferred from the surname or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. William Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.

Example sentences

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Honestly, Regan claimed he only slept this much as well, so it's not outside of possible human behavior.

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To paraphrase the article, Ken Regan thinks that someone's chess skill improving too fast is conclusive proof that they are cheating.

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During the Regan administration, the US eliminated subsidies whereas countries in Asia did not.

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Then since the 80s with Regan / Thatcher things have swung the other way.

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What a coincidence, just yesterday The United States Chess Federation published an article about Ken Regan and his methods for detecting cheating.

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Kenneth Regan et al have done comprehensive and persuasive work on rating the intrinsic performance of chess players by measuring move strength itself.

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What was that Russian proverb Ronald Regan was always so found of?

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My friend Regan Gill once worked for the Seattle blood bank.

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> Regan also believes that a centralized authority can best fix public confusion about what constitutes scientific versus unscientific procedure.

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More likely got out of architecture with the S&L crisis (or more fully the Regan tax reforms that reduced the attraction of passive losses on real estate that triggered it).

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> Because the proper construction of statistical evidence against alleged cheaters requires such technical expertise, Regan believes that it’s necessary to establish a centralized authority responsible for the administration of anti-cheating protocol.

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You write: > We have seen gun control laws used to victimize minorities and immigrants, by removing their ability to defend themselves Certainly Regan and others introduced gun control legislation to make it hard for the Black Panthers to arm themselves.

Quote examples

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So for me it was Jimmy Carter, Regan, "Stagflation" and the post Vietnam War mess.

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The reuse of Regan saying "tear down this wall" in various pieces of remix culture is evidence of the iconic nature of the speech.

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What do you think of Regan's "trust by verify"?

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According to "Command and Control," Regan at one point sincerely proposed to Gorbachev that both countries completely eliminate their nuclear weapons, much to the chagrin of his military advisors.

Proper noun examples

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There may be many more moves which would qualify as blunders if analyzed as deeply as Regan's work in the other comment.

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Regan survived an actual attack - shots fired and one bullet stopped.

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Respectfully, I think you are mistaken to say that Regan's speech did nothing.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use regan in a sentence?

Honestly, Regan claimed he only slept this much as well, so it's not outside of possible human behavior.

What does regan mean?

A male given name transferred from the surname.

What part of speech is regan?

regan is commonly used as noun.