Sachs

[ zahks ]

noun

1. Hans [hahns], 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
2. Nelly (Leonie), 1891–1970, German poet and playwright, in Sweden after 1940: Nobel Prize 1966.

Sachs

/ zaks /

noun

1. SachsHans14941576MGermanARTS AND CRAFTS: shoemakerMUSIC: Meistersinger Hans (hans). 1494–1576, German master shoemaker and Meistersinger, portrayed by Wagner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2. SachsNelly (Leonie)18911970FSwedishGermanWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Nelly ( Leonie ). 1891–1970, German Jewish poet and dramatist, who escaped from Nazi Germany and settled in Sweden. Her works include Eli: A Mystery Play of the Sufferings of Israel (1951) and `O the Chimneys', a poem about the Nazi extermination camps. Nobel prize for literature 1966 jointly with Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Example Sentences

“The specifics of this strategy may not be applicable to all tolerance-induction approaches,” said Spitzer and Sachs.

From Singularity Hub 

Considering his substantial overhead, I wanted to know how Sachs and his galleries price his work.

From Freakonomics

Sachs’ idea to hire outside New York and Los Angeles is a provocative one.

From Digiday

I think that is a statement about the structural inequality in the profession, because if we lived in a world where every academic is truly equal, then it doesn’t matter if I am challenging Sachs or Acemoglu or any person in particular.

From Freakonomics

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.

From The Daily Beast

The bailout crybabies of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and all the rest are easy targets—and deserving ones, too.

From The Daily Beast

Is Clinton too close to the Wall Street-Goldman Sachs wing of the Democratic Party?

From The Daily Beast

So we have a graduate of Choate or Beverly Hills High who attends Wharton, and goes to work for, say, Goldman Sachs.

From The Daily Beast

Sachs adds, “All the senses that connect us with nature are important.”

From The Daily Beast

Edward Henry then remembered that the hoardings had been full of Mr. Seven Sachs for some time past.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Seven Sachs, sitting square and upright, smiled gaily at Edward Henry across the gleaming table and raised a glass.

From Project Gutenberg

"Happy to make your acquaintance, sir," said Mr. Seven Sachs, and the arch-famous American actor-author also lapsed into silence.

From Project Gutenberg

Edward Henry in the gloom caught Mr. Seven Sachs's unalterable observant smile across the table.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Seven Sachs had to take the greatest pains to keep the muscles of his face in strict order.

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