Cass
Americannoun
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Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
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a male or female given name.
Example Sentences
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“The finance industry is a grift,” is the online headline the New York Times slapped on Oren Cass’s nearly 3,300-word-long screed.
Along the way, Cass gives short shrift to the many useful things that the financial industry does that are not a grift.
Cass is dismissive of “debt refinancings,” but some of us are old enough to remember the 2008 credit crunch when businesses had trouble issuing commercial paper.
Cass’s proposal for social shunning of people who take jobs in the financial sector is gross.
Participation in the trial was reported last week in a review of Northern Ireland's gender identity services carried out by Dr Hilary Cass.
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