Kirchner

American

[keersh-ner, keerk-, keerkh-nuhr] / ˈkɪərʃ nər, ˈkɪərk-, ˈkirx nər /

noun

Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.

Kirchner British

/ kirçnər /

noun

Ernst Ludwig. 1880–1938, German expressionist painter and printmaker; a founder of the group die Brücke (1905)

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“While this is very different from what happened under the Kirchners, it is still a change in the rules compared with what had been announced,” said Marcos Buscaglia, an author and emerging-markets economist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dimon needed to get to his own company’s cocktail party at the nearby Kirchner Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet Münter has long been overshadowed by contemporaries like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who veered into acerbic expressionism, and Wassily Kandinsky, who migrated toward pure abstraction.

From The Wall Street Journal

Argentina's former president Cristina Kirchner underwent surgery for appendicitis on Saturday, according to the Buenos Aires hospital where she was admitted.

From Barron's

“Try to set yourself up to be more comfortable over the holidays,” advises Kirchner.

From Salon

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