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Morrison

[ mawr-uh-suhn, mor- ]

noun

  1. Her·bert Stan·ley [hur, -bert , stan, -lee], 1888–1965, English labor leader and statesman.
  2. մ·Ծ [toh, -nee], 1931–2019, U.S. novelist: Nobel Prize 1993.
  3. a male given name.


Morrison

/ ˈɒɪə /

noun

  1. MorrisonHerbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth18881965MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Herbert Stanley, Baron Morrison of Lambeth. 1888–1965, British Labour statesman, Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security in Churchill's War Cabinet (1942–45)
  2. MorrisonJim19431971MUSMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriter Jim, full name James Douglas Morrison. 1943–71, US rock singer and songwriter, lead vocalist with the Doors
  3. MorrisonToni1931FUSWRITING: novelist Toni, full name Chloe Anthony Morrison. born 1931, US novelist, whose works include Sula (1974), Song of Solomon (1977), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1998): awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993
  4. MorrisonVan1945MNorthern IrishMUSIC: rock singerMUSIC: songwriter Van, full name George Ivan Morrison. born 1945, Northern Irish rock singer and songwriter. His albums include Astral Weeks (1968), Moondance (1970), Avalon Sunset (1989), and Days Like These (1995)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Morrisons faced huge problems with its Christmas orders last year, while Barclays and Lloyds were both hit by banking outages in the first two months of this year.

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Morrisons faced huge problems with its Christmas orders last year, with deliveries cancelled and discounts not applied.

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Morrison, the HHH oversight member, said she too has concerns about how accountability will work.

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Morrisons experienced significant problems with their Christmas orders last year, with deliveries cancelled and discounts not applied on the biggest grocery shopping day of the year.

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In a New Yorker article in 2016, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison wrote of the existential place of race for Whites in America this way:

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