jacobs
Speech parts
1. jacobs - Noun
2. Jacobs - Proper noun
Meaning
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
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Phrases with the word
Examples
1994–2000: New beginnings 1994: Jacobs Field opens main Progressive Field (formerly Jacobs Field) Indians General Manager John Hart and team owner Richard Jacobs managed to turn the team's fortunes around.
According to Jacobs, import-replacing cities are those which have developed economies balancing their own production with domestic imports, meaning they can respond with flexibility as economic supply and demand cycles change over time.
According to Stephné Jacobs, a breast cancer survivor and management board chairperson of the Reach for Recovery organisation (international breast cancer support group), educating one’s self puts you at an advantage.
Across town, Harry Hill and Grayson Perry pulled startled expressions at the Magda Archer x Marc Jacobs collaboration at Harvey Nichols, though Perry later called the collaboration “very covetable”.
According to Mad writer Frank Jacobs, a letter was once successfully delivered to the magazine through the U.S. mail bearing only Neuman's face, without any address or other identifying information.
According to the latest research – for example, by Eduard Jacobs and Walther Grosse – there were no early relations with the Abbey at Corvey ( Weser ) and the abbot there, Warin, instead the town name suggests it was a protected clearance settlement.